---- Eric Westhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Group, > > If I read the last message from Dar correctly, --that there might be a > $20./mo tax benefit from riding a bike to work? As if that could be > checked or enforced? But regardless, just think of the small percentage > of American tax payers even able to take advantage of such a "special > interest tax break"! Indeed, this isn't one to "big business"--"big > farmers"--"big universities"--or other bignesses---------but, folks, > let's be consistent------this is an unfair special interest tax break > under the guise of "social engineering". > > Eric Westhagen
And the long-existent tax breaks for mileage deduction, which only apply to _motor_ vehicles, do _not_ constitute a "special interest"? Seems to me this legislation seeks only to level the playing field. And to hark back to an earier post, titled "Unsolveable Problem?", I certainly hope it's NOT unsolveable. The thing to keep in mind is that the incidents described are not "mere" traffic issues. When someone _intentionally_ attempts to injure you, it's assault. When they actually _do_ injure you, it's battery. That it was done from a motor vehicle only describes the tool of choice. I hope that the authorities investigate these things as the criminal matters that they are, and don't just pass them off as "traffic incidents". I suppose the fact that an automobile is involved in matters like this constitutes an interesting social comment, that perhaps the perpetrators feel both physically and legally "protected" by their vehicles; perhaps they don't see their actions as violent crimes simply because they're doing it from a car. --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
