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- From: leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung)
- Subject: Re: Just a Question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.160809.13396@csrd.uiuc.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:08:09 GMT
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- carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
- >leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung) writes:
- >>In fact, all the money ($7 from each motorcycle registration fee)
- >>for rider ed is now protected by a recently passed bill.
- >
- >Vetoed or refused-to-sign by the governor, according to a recent issue
- >of American Motorcyclist. Sorry, can't put my hands on it right now.
-
- Yes it was vetoed by Edgar but it was overridden by the state legislature.
- This is correctly reported in the Feb '93 issue of American Motorcyclist.
-
- >I suppose my memory could be wrong; if so I apologize. In any
- >case, it was reprehensible on the face of it to EVER raid ANY portion
- >of this fund, and goes to show that specific-purpose taxes are
- >vulnerable and you have no guarantee they're used as authorized.
-
- Agreed. Even worse it isn't even a specific-purpose tax. It is
- totally funded by motorcyclists, not the general state tax payer.
-
- Bruce
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