Forget The Gas Tax; Driving Tax May Be Next

StSapphire said:
Go on back to your cave. We'll let you know when the scary Kenyan's all gone.
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Beautiful! Obama = everything bad in Caveman Bob's world.
 
posts from hell said:
Hmm, it went up to 2.25 a ride here.

It's cheaper to drive around a family tho.
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Do you have disabled ID card to get discount on bus rides? I have that collecting dust. :lol: It's because I don't live in Seattle area. I will use it just in case I come to visit or move back.
 
StSapphire said:
...Yeah, it sucks that it's not available everywhere. I'd imagine it's a lot worse/more difficult when you're not right inside a city. I'm guessing your area doesn't have Park & Rides, either? (We've got those in the outer suburbs here, where you can drive and leave your car during the day, next to a big bus stop, so you only have to drive 1-2 miles, rather than the 10-15 miles it'd otherwise be to work.)
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There are a few Park & Ride lots but not in the direction that I travel.

My other problem is that my car is also my "office," so it's kinda hard for a bus to fulfill that function. As a freelance terp, I also have to be able to change plans and be able to go to a new destination without prior notice, so that makes scheduling complicated. It doesn't happen often but it happens enough. I've been called to zip out to a medical appointment or funeral straight from my college work, and I can't wait for a bus. (I keep extra clothes and GPS in my Jeep, along with emergency rations in case I don't get time to eat lunch that day.) If I have long breaks between assignments, instead of driving home I take naps, read a book, or surf the web in my car. Can't do that with a bus. :lol:

I've had three accidents and one act of vandalism with my vehicles, all from my college work place. That's why I don't like to commute. :(
 
sequoias said:
Do you have disabled ID card to get discount on bus rides? I have that collecting dust. :lol: It's because I don't live in Seattle area. I will use it just in case I come to visit or move back.
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Some cities accept the Medicare card for half fare. St. Louis recently stopped accepting them and my deaf friends complained about having to see a doctor for a note verifying their deafness and then having to apply for a disabled card. In my town here they accept Medicare cards and the fare is 50 cents, a good deal.
 
Reba said:
There are a few Park & Ride lots but not in the direction that I travel.

My other problem is that my car is also my "office," so it's kinda hard for a bus to fulfill that function. As a freelance terp, I also have to be able to change plans and be able to go to a new destination without prior notice, so that makes scheduling complicated. It doesn't happen often but it happens enough. I've been called to zip out to a medical appointment or funeral straight from my college work, and I can't wait for a bus. (I keep extra clothes and GPS in my Jeep, along with emergency rations in case I don't get time to eat lunch that day.) If I have long breaks between assignments, instead of driving home I take naps, read a book, or surf the web in my car. Can't do that with a bus. :lol:

I've had three accidents and one act of vandalism with my vehicles, all from my college work place. That's why I don't like to commute. :(
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Haha, well, busses certainly aren't for everyone. I ride the bus for my daily commute every day, but I still have my own car that I drive in the evenings for stuff like groceries and the like, so I know how it is when you actually need a car. :lol:

Banjo said:
Hey, look at it this way... you don't have to walk 14 miles uphill in the snow to school!
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Hahaha, that reminds me of this winter. My office has two entrances, one at the front of the building and one at the back, and the one in the back is downhill from the one in the front. So one day when it snowed, me and two of my coworkers decided that we were going to go to lunch on a restaurant on the street next to our building, so we left out the back entrance and came in the front just so that we could say that we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways to lunch.
 
StSapphire said:
Hahaha, that reminds me of this winter. My office has two entrances, one at the front of the building and one at the back, and the one in the back is downhill from the one in the front. So one day when it snowed, me and two of my coworkers decided that we were going to go to lunch on a restaurant on the street next to our building, so we left out the back entrance and came in the front just so that we could say that we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways to lunch.
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:lol:
 
rolling7 said:
Same with Houston! And don't get me started about folks using the bus as a potty!
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I have seen people using the bus stop as a toilet a couple of times in the last 2 weeks. In front of alot of people too.
 
Banjo said:
Hey, look at it this way... you don't have to walk 14 miles uphill in the snow to school!
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I once knew a guy going to college (Miami U.-Ohio) who had to use his wheelchair in the snow, yes uphill, from his apartment to class (approx. 1 1/2) mile. The bus did not run his route. The folks on the route would make sure they shoveled before he passed by. Students, able body ones, offered to help/push but he was so independent and stubborn. Today he is a CEO.
 
rolling7 said:
Same with Houston! And don't get me started about folks using the bus as a potty!
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TXgolfer said:
I have seen people using the bus stop as a toilet a couple of times in the last 2 weeks. In front of alot of people too.
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Ugh, not good and it make me want to call taxi or ask my family to ride instead of bus because I'm not safe to driving anymore due to usher syndrome.
 
Other tax revenues possible....

Walking Tax

Breathing Tax

Flushing Toilet Tax

Picking Your Nose Tax

Blinking Tax

Facial Twitching While Paying Taxes Tax

Cussing Tax

Masturbating Tax

Getting Laid Tax

The possibilities is endless!

:P :P
 
yizuman said:
Other tax revenues possible....

Walking Tax

Breathing Tax

Flushing Toilet Tax

Picking Your Nose Tax

Blinking Tax

Facial Twitching While Paying Taxes Tax

Cussing Tax

Masturbating Tax

Getting Laid Tax

The possibilities is endless!

:P :P
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You would go broke. :wave:
 
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