"...you’re raising taxes on working-class Rhode Islanders by asking them to shoulder the burden through job cuts and reduced services," said RI AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley.
I am with Liza, Amy, Walter, Emily, Karen, Patrick, Valerie and Sen McKenney, and many other smart people who know the RIPTA service cuts are wrong and will hurt many people. Step up McKee and do the right thing!
It is time to tax the 1%. Cutting bus service will be devastating to the life of Rhode Islanders and the economy. It is equal in horror to cutting healthcare. The Governor and the Speaker of the House should be already maing plans to get the legislatiure back into session right NOW to tax the rich. and fund what Rhode Islanders need. At a minimum the taxes on the 1% should take back everything they were going to save in federal taxes under the stupid gigantic evil bill that the president and his minions just foisted on us. And since taxes on the rich nationally are already too low, as they are in RI, an even higher percentage is warranted, as there is much that will be unfunded nationally that we shall need to make up here.
hurrah for all who spoke, they all made goof points.
I'll note that the Governor had noted in an interview that there was no need to increase the gas tax for RIPTA, he could have found $15 million from surplus funds and unallocated gas tax revenue to give to RIPTA. So now we need only $10 million to avert the cuts, so the Governor, if sincere, can step up and use that to solve the problem for this year. (I'll add the Gov had no problem finding about $235 million in General Revenue to allocate to eliminate property taxes on cars, an expenditure that most benefits wealthy households with lots of expensive cars, and does nothing for those without cars who now face increased challenges to getting around
Totally agree with you, Barry!! The $$ can be found if the Gov is willing to look! It is stupid to not understand how the cuts in RIPTA affect our business climate on so many levels.
I am with Liza, Amy, Walter, Emily, Karen, Patrick, Valerie and Sen McKenney, and many other smart people who know the RIPTA service cuts are wrong and will hurt many people. Step up McKee and do the right thing!
It is time to tax the 1%. Cutting bus service will be devastating to the life of Rhode Islanders and the economy. It is equal in horror to cutting healthcare. The Governor and the Speaker of the House should be already maing plans to get the legislatiure back into session right NOW to tax the rich. and fund what Rhode Islanders need. At a minimum the taxes on the 1% should take back everything they were going to save in federal taxes under the stupid gigantic evil bill that the president and his minions just foisted on us. And since taxes on the rich nationally are already too low, as they are in RI, an even higher percentage is warranted, as there is much that will be unfunded nationally that we shall need to make up here.
hurrah for all who spoke, they all made goof points.
I'll note that the Governor had noted in an interview that there was no need to increase the gas tax for RIPTA, he could have found $15 million from surplus funds and unallocated gas tax revenue to give to RIPTA. So now we need only $10 million to avert the cuts, so the Governor, if sincere, can step up and use that to solve the problem for this year. (I'll add the Gov had no problem finding about $235 million in General Revenue to allocate to eliminate property taxes on cars, an expenditure that most benefits wealthy households with lots of expensive cars, and does nothing for those without cars who now face increased challenges to getting around
Totally agree with you, Barry!! The $$ can be found if the Gov is willing to look! It is stupid to not understand how the cuts in RIPTA affect our business climate on so many levels.