Great article by Jerry Cornfield on Tuesday. (“Community Transit wants vehicle excise tax back.”) I agree with the letter, “Why should cars subsidize buses?” I was, and still am, so mad I didn’t know if I dared respond. We are already taxed to subsidize the buses and the ferries. Which has always made me mad. I never ride a bus and when I ride a ferry I figure the passage fee should cover it.
I am dumbfounded at the casual remarks by Joyce Eleanor, Marko Liias and Darrell Chapman. And to think that they think the dummy taxpayer car owners would go for it. It is already extremely expensive to own and operate a car. For most people it is a necessity and that is why they are vulnerable. Now we have these bloodsuckers that always come up with “let’s go after the cars.” The $20 extra on the license, oh, yes, and now they would like to add another $20. (Edmonds voters rejected it.) Then there’s the 10 cents a gallon on gas that’s floating around. Then there’s the $5 for the parks, at least that is optional.
Another thought by the brainy ones is to tax drivers by the mile. I guess they live close to work, or they get per-diem, so don’t care. Forget that the only job that may have been available was 25 miles away. And don’t forget that they make you buy new license plates every few years, even though (like mine) the car is garaged and the plates are like new.
Actually, I am still mad at the 5 cent tax on the gas back in the 70s that was “temporary” for the bridges. It stayed, so much for temporary and I guess the bridges lost out, too. Now a tax of 1 percent of value and of course they determine that and you can bet the annual depreciation would be lost in their translation. We are not alone in our feelings. If you ride “it” you have to pay the fare! What’s easier than that? They don’t subsidize my car or my getting around.
Jean Holtrop
Edmonds
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