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- From: schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck)
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Message-ID: <schuck.721414922@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Reply-To: Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Nov9.024208.20720@ee.ubc.ca> <w1a1TB2w165w@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca> <1992Nov10.072119.14207@ee.ubc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:02:02 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- > & >>> John Paul Morrison writes:
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- >> Brad Crockett writes:
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- >Then stop making people who don't drive to work subsidize the system!
- >By using it they will pay for it.
- >>
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- >>> >>Let's make a deal: I'll agree to pay the full share of road costs for
- >>> >>my driving,
- >>
- >>> >I sincerely doubt you can afford it.
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- >The tax revenue disproves this , especially when the cost of roads, bridges,
- >repairs etc. is amorttized over 20 years of use.
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- >$20 / week * 52 weeks = $1040
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- >divide by two to get government's share: = $520
- >multiple by 100,000 cars (a very conservative amount) = 52 million per year.
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- >$52 million is an extremely low estimate, but is still a fair bit of cash.
- >I suspect 100 million or more is a good estimate for BC.
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- >So obviously "I sincerely doubt you can afford it." is false.
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- The Coquihalla itself cost 1 billion.
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- The interest [without paying back capital costs] is between 50 and 100
- million a year at current or recent interest rates -- let alone the
- one prevalent at the time.
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- Thats just one highway -- no maintenance costs added in.
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- Your gas taxes don't pay the cost at all.
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