05-20-2017, 02:58 AM
gas tax and registration revenue should be spent in the Puna subdivisions generating it
My favorite example, again: it's about 10 miles to the nearest "corner store", but only two of those miles are "public County road"; I'm taxed on the whole thing, where does the extra money go? Did I "subsidize" other miles of road elsewhere? Was it a "contribution" to the "public good"?
sources of revenue are currently irrelevant to the county government
Not exactly -- County doesn't dare raise taxes on their buddies.
My favorite example, again: it's about 10 miles to the nearest "corner store", but only two of those miles are "public County road"; I'm taxed on the whole thing, where does the extra money go? Did I "subsidize" other miles of road elsewhere? Was it a "contribution" to the "public good"?
sources of revenue are currently irrelevant to the county government
Not exactly -- County doesn't dare raise taxes on their buddies.