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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in nk.net: In Europe, they have better transit, and is reasonable. In 2001 the Metro in Paris costs about .75 Euro to go anywhere in the major metropolitan area of Paris. "Costs" is not the accurate term. "Charges" is correct. There are massive taxpayer subsidies of every mass transit system in the world. The lie that mass transit "costs" "only" fill in the fare the rider pays here is nothing more than that: a lie. I do not say the ticket charges were xxx, I say the ticket cost me xxx. Semantics. Of course there are massive subsidies. BART, the SF Bay area mass transit, has a strike or threatened strike every time the contract comes up for renewal. So a train driver, or station agent is making $80k + benefits. GED required. Most of the taxpayers, think they should be fired if they strike. Just like the air traffic controllers. |
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:42:19 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote: For the same reason I respond to Snipper...I want to see how big of an asshole you really are. Snipper's the current title holder. Unfortunately that creates a lot of by product and clutter. Put him in the bozo bin and be done with it. |
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in ink.net: "Fred Dehl" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in nk.net: In Europe, they have better transit, and is reasonable. In 2001 the Metro in Paris costs about .75 Euro to go anywhere in the major metropolitan area of Paris. "Costs" is not the accurate term. "Charges" is correct. There are massive taxpayer subsidies of every mass transit system in the world. The lie that mass transit "costs" "only" fill in the fare the rider pays here is nothing more than that: a lie. I do not say the ticket charges were xxx, I say the ticket cost me xxx. Semantics. Semantics don't pay the bills :-) BART, the SF Bay area mass transit, has a strike or threatened strike every time the contract comes up for renewal. So a train driver, or station agent is making $80k + benefits. GED required. Most of the taxpayers, think they should be fired if they strike. Just like the air traffic controllers. Absolutely. They do for Michael Criton, et al. |
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In article ,
says... jps wrote: In article . net, says... I don't know why anyone would purchase their car after the lease is up. In some states you will pay sales tax twice. I have had very good offers to keep cars, but not good enough to move to the next, new car. My 2002 Audi has about 20K miles on it and in near perfect condition. I could probably net a couple grand on it if I bought it and resold it. jps That means you either paid too much in depreciation during the course of your lease or you paid a large "cap cost reduction" so the residual value is higher. What you "net" on it in a sale would be a repayment to yourself for overpayment. You will also pay sales tax on the residual value since you never owned it in the first place. You would now be buying it from the bank. That can be avoided if you trade it in. The reason I have a disparity of value at the end of the lease is that I don't put anywhere near the mileage on the car the lease anticipates. I'm 3 miles from work and, being in the NW, not on the road that much, not like folks in the NE who can drive through 5 major metropolitan areas in 5 hours. Most of our travel is by plane... As far as I can tell, leasing is a guessing game for the banks. They have to guess what the car will be worth after a certain period of time with a certain number of miles on the odometer. Right. I have also traded in a lease right before its expiration date and picked up a grand, or so. I have traded in others that were essentially a wash just to avoid the return hassle. I guess that depends on the dealer/financing folks flexibility. jps |
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In article ,
says... jps wrote: In article , says... jps wrote: In article , says... It is concours, by the way, as in concours d'elegance. Not concourse. That's beyond my class of French. I probably can't even spell foie gras. jps Isn't he the brother of cooo-de-grass? Is that a french hemp reference? Smoooooookin'! Stewart had a funny thing on "switchgrass" last night. Also, Howard Fineman talked to Al Franken yesterday about his bet that if Bush mentioned the word "switchgrass" during the SOTU he'd drink an entire bottle of something. jps |
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