Massachusetts (1957): We will tear down the tollbooths when the bonds are paid off.
Massachusetts (1980s): Original construction bonds paid off but so many patronage jobs and such a rich "pot o' gold" the tolls stay.
Massachusetts (1990s): Tolls go toward the HUGE cost overruns on the "Big Dig" central artery project.
Massachusetts (2000s): Tolls still up. Politicians so love E-Z Pay tolls and electronic collection that they propose erecting gantrys on major state roads.
it’s a tax/ debt dual weapon designed to reward those who supported the pro-intervention federal political establishment.
how it worked was, the people who bought the war bonds (ie lent money to the war effort) were “paid back” through income redistribution. so the more bonds you buy, the more money gets redistributed to you after we win.
because bonds were and are a financial instrument typically utilized by the wealthy, this was a way to “buy” support for the war among the wealthy. those who couldn’t afford to participate in this scheme were then drafted as cannon fodder.
ooh ooh i've got one! in CA we kept voting for our high speed rail and we put billions of dollars towards it. only a few miles ever got built and when Newsom got elected he said "we're cancelling this, it's too expensive, and only a few miles are done." So what happened to the billions of dollars?!
Oh, it is even worse than that, the initial income taxes were to pay off war bonds...for World War 1
After getting elected on 'keeping us out of the war'... (you can keep your doctor, too!)
Don't forget. We were only going to go "Get" Osama Bin ladin.
Toll road scam.
Massachusetts (1957): We will tear down the tollbooths when the bonds are paid off.
Massachusetts (1980s): Original construction bonds paid off but so many patronage jobs and such a rich "pot o' gold" the tolls stay.
Massachusetts (1990s): Tolls go toward the HUGE cost overruns on the "Big Dig" central artery project.
Massachusetts (2000s): Tolls still up. Politicians so love E-Z Pay tolls and electronic collection that they propose erecting gantrys on major state roads.
Yeah, toll road scam is right.
Well at least they didn't sell the toll road to a private company yet... or a foreign private company...
it’s a tax/ debt dual weapon designed to reward those who supported the pro-intervention federal political establishment.
how it worked was, the people who bought the war bonds (ie lent money to the war effort) were “paid back” through income redistribution. so the more bonds you buy, the more money gets redistributed to you after we win.
because bonds were and are a financial instrument typically utilized by the wealthy, this was a way to “buy” support for the war among the wealthy. those who couldn’t afford to participate in this scheme were then drafted as cannon fodder.
ooh ooh i've got one! in CA we kept voting for our high speed rail and we put billions of dollars towards it. only a few miles ever got built and when Newsom got elected he said "we're cancelling this, it's too expensive, and only a few miles are done." So what happened to the billions of dollars?!
Check Newscum's pockets.
I think that'll prove the Reds are coming.
More than a century later and the nation and world are STILL dealing with the effects from THAT war. Disgusting.
No, we are dealing with the effects of that meeting on Jekyll Island.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66499.The_Creature_from_Jekyll_Island
A must read for anyone who wants a proper education.
no dealing with the effects of voting in a puppet like Wilson. Then some people are thinking of voting in the puppet Biden.
Wilson was duped re: Jekyll Island. Everyone in Congress was.
It’s worse than that. The original income tax was to pay for the civil war.