Friday, June 18, 2010

Fed Bill Threatens KRM

Outstanding.

Financing for a proposed commuter train line and Milwaukee’s convention center could be threatened by a bill under consideration in Congress, local and federal officials say.

The bill would prohibit state and local governments from imposing new or increased rental car taxes, an effort that follows congressional directives outlawing local taxes on tickets for buses, trains and airliners.

Kill it, please.

(9) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2157 hrs
Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. I shared this on my facebook.

    Regards

    plunkett10

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 0548 hrs


  2. By “kill it, please”, I assume you mean the KRM, not the bill.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 0712 hrs


  3. You are correct, sir.

    Posted by Owen on June 19, 2010 at 0715 hrs


  4. It will just save Walker the trouble of killing it when he gets in.

    The KRM people are moving very fast to try and get construction on this started ASAP, so they can claim that money has already been spent and therefore it would be “wasteful” to stop it.

    It will still be cheaper than supporting the white elephant for the next 100 years…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 0802 hrs


  5. God forbid we have a public transport system. Here’s hoping that KRM gets built, and then it gets expanded to the region-wide high speed network that’s been in the works for years and years now.

    Killing this bill would be good.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 0812 hrs


  6. The KRM people are moving very fast to try and get construction on this started ASAP, so they can claim that money has already been spent and therefore it would be “wasteful” to stop it.

    Clinton killed the Supercollider in Texas after 4 billion dollars were already spent.  Eleven miles of a fifty four mile tunnel are it’s legacy.

    They don’t care about other peoples money. 

    I hope they kill KRM before other peoples money is wasted.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 1012 hrs


  7. The bill is titled ... “The End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act”  ... you can draw your own conclusions regarding the KRM people.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 19, 2010 at 1019 hrs


  8. @John:  Who will ride it?  What will be the real cost to the taxpayer?  No where in this country does mass transit survive without giant subsidies.  It has zero value but to a few elites who want it.

    I suppose if you are willing to pay the real cost of a ticket…..

    Posted by Deeka on June 19, 2010 at 1302 hrs


  9. John, we have a public transit system and KRM brings nothing new to the table.

    Additionally it will require a 90% tax subsidy to run.  Wrong project wrong time.

    Posted by Fred on June 20, 2010 at 0900 hrs


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