Comments on: It’s Never About the Toll http://www.meshio.com/2008/05/its-never-about-the-toll/ Premiere Malaysia Personal Finance, Wealth Management, Investment, Insurance and Estate Planning Resources Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:56:43 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.meshio.com/2008/05/its-never-about-the-toll/comment-page-1/#comment-33246 Kevin Mon, 12 May 2008 08:22:50 +0000 http://www.meshio.com/?p=1048#comment-33246 Tax for milking the people...or milking the astrounout? Tax for milking the people…or milking the astrounout?

]]> By: eugene http://www.meshio.com/2008/05/its-never-about-the-toll/comment-page-1/#comment-33244 eugene Mon, 12 May 2008 05:25:37 +0000 http://www.meshio.com/?p=1048#comment-33244 I would suggest tax for not taking of your health to be implemented, so that we can use that money to build more parks and recreatiional facilities. I would suggest tax for not taking of your health to be implemented, so that we can use that money to build more parks and recreatiional facilities.

]]> By: Jacques http://www.meshio.com/2008/05/its-never-about-the-toll/comment-page-1/#comment-33233 Jacques Sat, 10 May 2008 23:31:01 +0000 http://www.meshio.com/?p=1048#comment-33233 All nice and sweet, but there is one huge difference between all the examples you gave and having a toll Tax. Before there is a toll, there usually is a highway project. And that project needs millions of $ to simply get on the way. Setting up a toll, for a certain number of years, can help cover the cost for the highway construction & help construct new ones. FYI, there already is something simliar to an oxygen tax with the now infamous carbon tax in some countries. Is it a bad thing? Not necessarily, tax do not only have a purpose to milk people, they can also change behavior. All this, of course, starts from the principle that the government is working for the people... All nice and sweet, but there is one huge difference between all the examples you gave and having a toll Tax. Before there is a toll, there usually is a highway project. And that project needs millions of $ to simply get on the way. Setting up a toll, for a certain number of years, can help cover the cost for the highway construction & help construct new ones.

FYI, there already is something simliar to an oxygen tax with the now infamous carbon tax in some countries. Is it a bad thing? Not necessarily, tax do not only have a purpose to milk people, they can also change behavior.

All this, of course, starts from the principle that the government is working for the people…

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