When they were first built, people were told the tolls were a temporary fixture to pay for the costs of construction, then they'd be removed. These toll bridges are still collecting money from the working poor today.
I remember back in 1985 when my county put in a "temporary" 1% addition to the sales tax. Here it is 40 years later and the 1% has expanded to 1.75% and is still "temporary". It is a joke.
Sales taxes are the most regressive taxes on the poor.
The sad reality is the GCCCP is trying to resurrect the "fair tax"...a 30% national sales tax on EVERYTHING.
www.congress.gov
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Perry, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Strong, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents.
(a) Short Title."This Act may be cited as the "FairTax Act of 2025".
Elon just spent 6 months taking food out of starving kids' mouths, and even he can't stomach this MAGA Murder Bill.
Elon is just pissed that he didn't get a bigger piece of the pie in the budget bill.
That's all.