Manhattan, NY – The commission in charge of creating a plan to deal with the chronic gridlock that plagues New York City has come up with its final recommendations, a scaled-down version of the original plan but one that still charges cars $8 to enter the most traffic-choked parts of Manhattan.
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The plan calls for an $8 toll for cars entering Manhattan below 60th Street from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Trucks would have to pay $21, with an exemption for those with low emissions.
The plan must still be approved by the City Council and Legislature. [AP]
So now increased pollution from many more cars and trucks looking to save money will now be entering Manhattan above 60th St increasing rates of illness in residential areas. Normally, traffic adjusts itself according to flow – but this will have a lopsided impact with congestion as a result increasing rather than lessening!
What till all lopsided traffic flow congests along Fifth Avenue on the upper E.Side and Broadway mid-town in neighborhoods with already increased populations due to high rise building mania!
The next time you hear a politician use the
word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on
two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending
it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let’s
take a look at New Orleans It’s amazing what you can
learn with some simple division
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently
asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New
Orleans . Interesting number, what does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of
New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you
each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
gets $2,066,012.
Washington , D.C . HELLO!!! … Are all your
calculators broken??
Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax hi m until he’s good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me to my doom!’
And when he’s gone,
We won’t relax,
We’ll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest
middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to
raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell ‘politicians!’
And I still have to ‘press
1′ for English.
What will Bloomberg think of next? What other tax will he come up with?
This city should not only be for rich people!
A guy takes his wife/mother to the Doctor in NYC. He takes the day off work, and losses a days pay. He walks around the block and gets the car to pick up his wife/mother who is waiting at home. He is in the car double parked as she is walking to the car and gets a ticket in the 30 second period. He then drives through the Battery tunnel and enters Manhattan. He parks in a parking garage for an hour. He returns home and parks his car. It will cost him a weeks salary for this one day. Go ahead and add up Gas, Tolls, Tickets, Salary loss, Parking fee. Now do you know how much of this $$$ is Tax?
Whats next a McDonalds tax? Dunkin Donuts tax? Every time you buy something you pay $2.00 to NYC? Just wait Bloomberg will bring it on.
It is not a big deal to run the city with a huge surplus of $$$. Most of us can do that. It is a big deal when you figure out how to do it without raising taxes.
By the time they do a “study” on the impact of how the “Congestion Pricing” fees are working out, the recession will have reached NYC and they won’t have enough people who have money to spend bothering to come in to Manhattan!