But You’ll Have Lower Taxes! March 23, 2014 I’m certainly no economic genius but I have learned that there truly is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody is gonna pay. The good folks in Oklahoma seem unaware of that. They think they can cut taxes like a nuclear powered weedeater set to turbo and still have governmental services. I know the Tea Party and crabgrass has taken hold of Oklahoma but I cannot figure out why they think lower taxes will give them a safer infrastructure. Case in point: Screen Shot 2014-03-23 at 11.56.34 AMThe Oklahoma Department of Transportation closed the 76-year-old James C. Nance Memorial Bridge on Jan. 31 for emergency repairs after finding 10 cracks and 260 potential flaws. Repair crews had hoped to open the span by Easter but more cracks appeared after repairs began, pushing the completion date back to June. Travel between the towns now goes through Norman, about 15 miles to the north, or across a bridge near Byars, about 20 miles southeast, that many say is in worse shape than the shuttered span. Motorists who contributed to the 9,000 crossings daily on the closed bridge have been encouraged to allow for an extra hour to move between the towns. So you’re gonna have to pay for lunch one way or the other. You can do it the easy way by paying with money or the hard way by washing dishes all day. Or you can do both. City Manager Dale Bunn said Purcell is losing $150,000 to $200,000 in monthly sales tax revenue and that some retailers have reported a 50 percent drop in business. “We believe the state is doing all it can safely for the bridge. However, what can they do for the businesses, Purcell Municipal Hospital and the lost city sales tax that is estimated to be down painfully for a community our size?” Bunn said. So, now they have to pay to fix the bridge that’s in horrible shape because it was neglected and as an extra added treat to brought to you by small government, you can lose 50% of your income. Now, tell me, Tea Party, were your taxes 50% of your income? But, they want “the state” to come rescue them and their free market businesses. I say make an example of them. You know, we can take the Tea Party’s attitude on this: screw ‘um. Here is Colorado they found a way around the t-baggers handcuffs called TABOR and imposed fees for bridges and infrastructure. Now the right wing is trying to overthrow that. Theyll get the Oklahoma situation in spades because Colorado winters are even harder on roads and bridges than those of Oklahoma.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:43:57 +0000
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