Do politicians really think this about our california auto/mc taxes?

Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, echoed Perata's sentiment, adding
that wiping out the increase in the fee has resulted in "squandering $20
billion (since 2003) so that an average car owner can pocket $200 a year."

reference
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/15/MN16TCG3A.DTL


What galls me about this statement is the obviously reverse logic.
I ask the probing question (as I do not know this man).

Does he REALLY think this way?
If so, he is a dangerous man.
Am I reading this right?

Deb

 

Wait...SQUANDER??? Oh, heaven forbid anyone take that measly $200 a year
and spend it on food, rent, gas during a time where the top officials
seem to think the public is a never-ending source of funds!

So Perata and Leno think that allowing Cali citizens a paltry couple
hundred bucks extra is SQUANDERING?

Oh, yeah. I guess some fatassed politicians might have to go without a
few jaunts, a few dinners, a few football games. How DARE Joe Citizen
waste that money on things like medical care! Talk about a sense of
entitlement. Talk about being out of touch with reality.

Things are no better down here in San Diego though. We have our own set
of corrupt, unethical politicians. They all dance to the same master's
tune, though. Unfortunately, the people aren't the orchestra.

--
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It's not that either-or, Mike. County and municipal bond service goes
direct to property tax bills as an excess to Prop 13 limits. And debt
service obligations of the state are part of the annual budget battle.

On the other side, the expenditures we borrow for provide infrastructure
that will enrich the lives of posterity: the roads we enjoy today will
be there for those children and grandchildren. The education they're
getting in those schools we borrowed money for will give them the
earning power to retire the bonds, etc.

Of course there's wasteful spending, both on a current basis and on
capital projects. But I wouldn't rush to feel sorry for posterity.

Rich, Urban Biker

 

Apparently, Cali will just count on Indian Gaming to bail us out.
What if we quit gambling?

--
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The statement by Leno and Perata is either utter nonsense or political
claptrap, but it makes no sense. It the politicians decided to not
to impose an increase in DMV fees that just means the state will have
to collect the money in some other way. The act of not increasing and
thereby having nothing new to collect does NOT result in any
squandering of public money - there was no money to be squandered.

That's a very strong over-statement given that we are talking about
revenue DMV licensing fees. In which ways is he dangerous.

 

they are to busy worrying about gay people and making sure they have more rights
than everyone else and speading the filth that occurs at the leather festival to
care about tax shit. like trying to pass laws that teachers can't call mom and
dad! mom and dad but parents