Eric, > Let us leave raiding oil profits out of the > mix, though.
Well, it is in the mix. The Governor put it in the mix. And my point is that the existence of that "excessive oil profits tax" in the Governor's budget proves we have a problem. If there is a systemic problem that is distorting the market and creating those excess profits, then we should be spending the money to correct the problem, not make it worse. Otherwise, I see no rationale for taxing those excess profits in the first place. > But I stress that sort of a bike culture is a systemic thing. Maybe > psychologists could indicate how the culture could develop. Again, the facts I brought up in my last message contradict your opinion. The "systemic thing" is the State's history of highway-centric budget priorities. According to the Governor, highway spending has increased 23% during his time in office. I don't believe that funding for bicycling has increased at all in that time. Our culture already wants more bicycling - our State is refusing to give it to them. The culture that needs to change is the political culture at the State Capitol. We don't need psychologists to tell us how to fix the problem; we need citizens standing up to their government and telling them what their priorities should be. - Matt _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
