Wendy Wrote: "So, if you live in Minneapolis and don't drive a car (yes, there is a Minneapolis connection here) - you can rest assured that you are not contributing one red cent to highways (even if your bus drives on them), but you are a beneficiary of taxes that are paid by automobile drivers, so perhaps it would be okay to use all of your fingers when you wave at them. One would assume that you would like the ambulance and fire truck to be able to get to where you live, so hopefully you feel some obligation to chip in on local streets."
Additionally, no matter how much a person dislikes cars, trucks and roads, there is no way around using them. Even if you never walk, ride a bike, drive or ride on them, if you buy food, or household items, or anything, for that matter, how do you suppose those items get to your store? Without roads, there would be no commerce. Everytime one buys anything, roads are used. Dan McGrath Longfellow http://www.smokeoutgary.org REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
