KCMOtransplant's Blog

Do they actually realize what will happen if they give us a "GAS TAX HOLIDAY!!"

By law, the gas tax money has to be spent on the roads.   Before you jump all over me and say it's not... it is!   Whether it happens in real life or not, whether we have good roads or not, that money is allocated to state and local agencies that take care of our roadways, freeways and anything related to roads.    Next, we will hear about how the price of maintaining those roads is sky high and their budget is off by millions of dollars that they didn't collect.  So, like in any situation in life, when you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will eventually have to pay Peter back.

Secondly,  the next thing that will happen is that gas prices will magically decrease by what? 30 cents???  From there, the price will jump 10 cents at a time until we are back up to $3.50 a gallon anyway.  THEN, peoples, in September the gas tax holiday will be over and BOOM, we are over $4 overnight.

There is no free lunch!  Driving is a privelage, not a right.   But people always say... oh they've been paying $6.00 a gallon in Europe for years... yes that's true, however they have a mass transit system and not everyone drives a car.  

Complaining about not having money???   Stop eating at Taco Bell and pack a PBJ.  Stop shopping every fricken day at WalMart and use what you have.  You are not personally repsonsible for keeping Verizon or Sprint Cell Phone companies in business.  Borrow books from the library! 

Start thinking with what the Good Lord gave you, pick yourself up by your boot straps and stop yer whinning!