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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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13. Taxes on all sorts of things get diverted- gas taxes, for one.

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 02:22 PM

Jul 2013

The MBTA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority )

gets 1% of all taxable retail sales in Massachusetts- people in western MA don't get any services from the T,
but they still have to pay. At least with this, the people getting the services would be the ones paying for it.

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U.S. Sen. Hagan Co-sponsors Bipartisan Bill To Help Build, Maintain Public Shooting Ranges in NC [View all] appal_jack Jul 2013 OP

You should not use tax payer money on gunners upaloopa Jul 2013 #1

Divide & conquer will be our undoing. appal_jack Jul 2013 #3

You should not use tax money for gunner fun upaloopa Jul 2013 #9

Tax payer money pays for... beevul Jul 2013 #26

Taxpayer dollars pay for boat ramps, hiking trails, and many more sporting facilities appal_jack Jul 2013 #28

Read the article again- they're not: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #8

So divert some sales taxes for gunner fun? upaloopa Jul 2013 #10

Taxes on all sorts of things get diverted- gas taxes, for one. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #13

Those taxes are spent on behalf of everyone upaloopa Jul 2013 #14

Western MA doesn't get anything from the T, but they still have to pay for it. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #16

look you know my opinion on this upaloopa Jul 2013 #23

I guess you're against public beaches then, right? beevul Jul 2013 #27

It's not general fund money to start with: Pittman-Robertson Act funds are taxes petronius Jul 2013 #30

"Generated from federal sales tax" sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #12

I guess you have never heard of the CMP. SQUEE Jul 2013 #31

This is what NC needs? Really? The Blue Flower Jul 2013 #2

NC needs a winning progressive coalition. appal_jack Jul 2013 #4

let the gun crowd spend its own money for its playthings nt msongs Jul 2013 #5

DNRTA, did you?: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #7

If it's true the "majority of gun grabbers .. agree that unprovoked violence should be criminalized" AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #6

Well, I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. n/t appal_jack Jul 2013 #29

Let NC pay for them. The federal sales tax should go to the nation. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #11

Outdoor sports taxes are collected by the feds, the states have authority to spend... Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #17

Could you provide information on a non-state outdoor sports taxes? The only sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #18

That's the one I had in mind, though there may be others. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #21

I just don't understand if NC gets back its share of the fed money why sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #22

Are you suggesting they are acting in a different manner? Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #24

Clark County, NV., premium Jul 2013 #15

I have no objection to self-sufficient public shooting ranges. rdharma Jul 2013 #19

Hmmm rrneck Jul 2013 #20

Pretty good use of collected taxes....nice to see a progressive 2Aer ileus Jul 2013 #25