In an amusing exchange in the comments to J.P. Friere’s article at the Washington Examiner about the Wisconsin impasse, someone named “Holyshiiite” wrote reprovingly,
“Union members ARE taxpayers, you freakin’ idiots.”
“Sistersuzey” deftly clarified the matter:
“They are payed with our tax dollars in the first place, so the taxes they pay are payed with our tax dollars. So basically we are paying their taxes for them.”
skip;Are you blind,I asked you a question and you either cant answer it,which is a black eye on your math teacher,or you chose to ignore it,which says a lot about your arguments.
Spike1, skip’s having a bad day today. Lets not get all mad and stuff eh?
I give up. Twice today, I’ve typed long detailed posts only to lose them in Kate’s spam filter, never to surface again it seems. Not having a bad day. Unlike most of the posters on these threads, I actually know what happens to your tax dollars, where they go, who gets them, and where they come from.
Spike’s first post didn’t make much sense, second one even less. Time to put a cork in it, Spike.
Sorry fiddle, but by your reasoning all wealth is recycled. If I buy a new computer and HP takes that profit abd invests it in new production somewhere they’ve recycled my wealth (such as it is).
By your own words you negate your argument. New production = new wealth.
Davonport, you still can’t get away from the fact that the wealth used to create those roads already existed. Using existing wealth to buy something doesn’t multiply that wealth. If that were the case we could all buy ourselves rich.
The construction and maintenance of roadways create new wealth (i.e., value) for society, not least because most public roadway networks, while providing far-reaching benefits to and for its users, would simply not be built if left entirely in the hands of the private sector.
Not true, there are hundreds and hundreds of miles of logging and oilfield roads, all private.