Posted by
rycK on Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:15:52 PM
Aut0matic Gas Taxes Fuel Salaries of City Employees and Welfare.
In some cities, those controlled by parasitic leftist Democrats, the gas tax rise with the price. The welcome cash is necessary to help pay for the exorbitant salaries and benefits and grand retirements of patronage jobs granted by Democrats in control.
In Chicago, the tax is now 20% of the price! [1]
“Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin complained to oil company bosses at a hearing on Capitol Hill about Chicago having the highest gasoline prices in the United States. Largely ignored was the role taxes are playing -- an astounding 10 levels of taxation. “[2]
Durbin[3] has no shame and needs dirty tax monies from anywhere to keep his socialist machine intact. He cannot tolerate a tax cut so he blames oil companies for high prices even though they cannot control the price. They make 8 cents per gallon and Chicago crooks, disguised as politicians, make.
In Illinois, “The watchdog Civic Federation says that on a $4 gallon of gas, the total tax is 79.2 cents. That compares to 77 cents in Los Angeles and 65 cents in New York City.”[4]
Los Angeles is now a social septic tank and NYC has always been out of control.
The local political parasites need the money:
“And that, of course, is exactly the point for the politicians. Gov. Blagojevich, for example, is counting on the high price of gasoline to bring at least an extra $220 million in the State Treasury in the fiscal year that begins this July. Most of that will be used to balance the way-out-of-balance budget.”[5]
These people are building political empires and bankrupting the states and the citizens are paying for this with high taxes, the very highest in gas taxes.
If the Democrats had allowed the oil companies to increase supply then gas would be around $1.50 at the pump, but, sadly, the tax revenues would be very low. So, to keep their rat nests warm and cozy they dream up new ways to soak workers and other tax payers for money.
Look at the crime rates in these places:
|
State/Territory
|
City
|
Population
|
Murders in 2007
|
Murder Rate
|
|
Michigan
|
Detroit
|
1,900,303
|
600
|
48.3
|
|
New York
|
New York
|
8,115,690
|
539
|
6.6
|
|
California
|
Los Angeles
|
3,871,077
|
489
|
12.6
|
|
Illinois
|
Chicago
|
2,873,441
|
448
|
15.6
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia
|
1,472,915
|
406
|
25.6
|
|
Texas
|
Houston
|
2,045,732
|
334
|
16.3
|
|
Arizona
|
Phoenix
|
1,466,296
|
220
|
15
|
|
Texas
|
Dallas
|
1,230,303
|
202
|
16.4
|
|
District Of Columbia
|
Washington
|
550,521
|
169
|
35.4
|
|
Louisiana
|
New Orleans
|
431,153
|
162
|
37.6
|
|
Totals
|
|
23,957,431
|
3,569
|
14.90
|
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Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate
Murder in the Cities: The Triumph of Liberalism
http://rycksrationalizations.blogtownhall.com/2008/04/12/murder_in_the_cities_the_triumph_of_liberalism.thtml
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This is deliberate theft. We can thank liberal Democrats for the high taxes, high crime, ugly streets, dirt, filth and hopelessness.
Your tax money at work.
rycK
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[2] Truth In Politics ibid.
[3] Who called our troops Nazis.
[4] Truth In Politics ibid.
[5] Truth In Politics ibid.