The first plea deal was 5 days in jail and 50 hours of community service. That's pretty reasonable considering he was such an arrogant ass about the whole thing. Then they offered 60 days in jail and he thumbed his nose again. Fuck this guy.

That's a good point, but leading edge technology doesn't come without struggle. It's not good enough for Canada to call the US an ally and rely on American tech and hardware to protect their nation, but idly sit by while we foot the bill for the next gen stuff. Worse is buying international (where American made…

I want Canada to put their money where their mouth is and share the burden of developing next generation hardware, particularly as it benefits Canada.

The U.S. is Canada's closest (physically) and strongest (militarily) ally, it is in their best interest that the F-35 program succeeds—that's why it's worth the billions.

The U.S. is Canada's closest (physically) and strongest (militarily) ally, it is in their best interest that the F-35 program succeeds—that's why it's worth the billions.

Dodge did it first.

I submit to you that Dodge had built-in toolboxes long before the Titan was a twinkle in Nissan's eye.

Wow man, that was unnecessary.

"smack of 110% Japanese."

Tax deductions are not tax credits, you are not turning a profit. If you think you are turning a profit by claiming a tax deduction, you should immediately fire your accountant.

You made a shitty, throwaway comment, ostensibly about being taxed 3 times for the same thing. In my initial comment I explained how it's not 3 taxes on the same thing, since the taxes go to different entities and are used in different ways. So you clarified that you're annoyed by how inefficient that is, so I've laid…

Reporting odometer readings is a simple and effective way to implement such a system. It's not imperfect, but there are already laws against tampering with odometers. Good policy shouldn't be afraid of fraud/abuse, since that fraud and abuse will always exist.

Frankly, no. I'm perfectly happy to pay my taxes for the quality of life I enjoy in these United States.

I disagree. The cost of implementing the new system should be accounted for in the incremental improvements. Sure, it's complex, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea or that it's not worth trying.

Paying both a mortgage and utilities is an example where the total cost of ownership is more than a single bill.

"The people" don't know shit about road/infrastructure construction. It's not that there's necessarily anything to hide, but part of being a representative democracy is recognizing the inherent limitations of John Q Public.

The problem isn't individual people affording high gas prices. The problem is a huge shock to the system, like say, the Great Recession, when too many Americans with too much truck/SUV have little or no cushion to absorb the fluctuating gas prices. then these folks tighten their belts and the service sector of the…

Feel free to move.

Trends can have outsized consequences, though. When the Great Recession happened, a lot of people got caught with too much house and too much vehicle, which meant that the belt-tightening required in such economic conditions had a huge effect on the service sector of our economy too, which in turn put even more people…

Realistically it should probably be some kind of formula that takes into account the type and weight of the vehicle, the amount of fuel used, and the number of miles driven. No single metric does a very good job capturing the cost of using public roads.