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   "Glen Labah"  wrote in message   
   news:gl4317-F0FE7D.19343621072014@mx05.eternal-september.org...   
   > In article ,   
   > "conklin"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>  wrote in message   
   >> news:36d72704-6f49-4f96-a96b-d7939977f2c8@googlegroups.com...   
   >> > On Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:58:03 PM UTC-4, Glen Labah wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> It's rather hard to take anything on an Americans for Prosperity web   
   >> >> site seriously.  It's a mouthpiece basically for the Koch Brothers.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > Just a quick glimpse at their website shows all sorts of distortions   
   >> > about   
   >> > the investment costs in transit, Amtrak, highways and airways.   
   >> >   
   >> > They jumped onto the "free wine" bandwagon of complaints about Amtrak   
   >> > food   
   >> > service.   
   >> >   
   >> > Bottom line:  my property taxes go up to pay for more highways.   
   >>   
   >> The gas tax needs to go up, not your property taxes.   
   >   
   > That's just it though.  The Koch Brothers do not want to see gas taxes   
   > put back where they were, as this whole series of web pages they put   
   > together opposes a new transportation bill.  They just use unrelated   
   > Amtrak anecdotes to try to accomplish that (because Amtrak is not funded   
   > by the transportation bill they are so opposed to).   
   >   
   >  One of their significant investments is in oil.  You would think that   
   > they would have enough sense to realize that investments in highways via   
   > the gas tax would ultimately benefit their industry.  Apparently they   
   > just look at it as a price increase that decreases (hah!) demand.   
   >   
   > If you can find some other reason why the Koch Brothers behave as they   
   > do, I would love to hear it.   
      
     I think they want all roads to be toll roads.   
      
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