http://seattletransitblog.com/2008/09/25/big-article-in-the-p-i/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Thu, 24 May 2012 03:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://seattletransitblog.com/2008/09/25/big-article-in-the-p-i/#comment-10582 chh Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:37:11 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1113#comment-10582 The only determinant of how much someone will pay in taxes is how much they spend in taxable purchases over the course of the year. Why is this not addressed at all, by either side? The entire debate, as presented in this article, is framed as if the tax were levied on incomes rather than on consumer spending.
The only determinant of how much someone will pay in taxes is how much they spend in taxable purchases over the course of the year. Why is this not addressed at all, by either side? The entire debate, as presented in this article, is framed as if the tax were levied on incomes rather than on consumer spending.

]]> http://seattletransitblog.com/2008/09/25/big-article-in-the-p-i/#comment-10564 Bart! Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:45:29 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1113#comment-10564 Larry Lange got it wrong, which is typical, since Lange never fact checks paid liars like Jim MacIsaac. MacIsaac comes up with his own proprietary methods to achieve the biggest total possible. ST did not come up with their number by dividing the tax bill by more households. Unlike MacIsaac's method, and contrary to Lange's article, ST's calculations did NOT involve doing any division by the total number of households. They used industry standards - something the anti-rail folks always ignore.
Larry Lange got it wrong, which is typical, since Lange never fact checks paid liars like Jim MacIsaac. MacIsaac comes up with his own proprietary methods to achieve the biggest total possible. ST did not come up with their number by dividing the tax bill by more households. Unlike MacIsaac’s method, and contrary to Lange’s article, ST’s calculations did NOT involve doing any division by the total number of households. They used industry standards – something the anti-rail folks always ignore.

]]> http://seattletransitblog.com/2008/09/25/big-article-in-the-p-i/#comment-10521 Seattle Transit Blog » Barnett on the P-I piece Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:08:20 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1113#comment-10521 [...] Big Article in the P-I [...]
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