In article <g05i8j$k61$3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> Dane Buson wrote:
>> Mike A Schwab <mike.a.schwab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Do you want a larger rebate because you own a bike instead of a car?
>>>
>>>
http://www.vw.com/vwhype/whatthepeoplewant/en/us/?pageID=25848664&adID=197401751&pollid=3142
>>
>> Well yeah, and while we're at it, I'd like a pony too.
>>
>> Personally, I'd rather they just removed the tax break for businesses
>> for employee parking spaces. Businesses would be a lot more
>> accomodating to alternative trans****tation if they weren't being
>> subsidized to the tune of $2000 an employee for car parking spaces.
>>
> Can the tax break for cager parking be replaced by one for showers and
> secure bicycle parking?
I'd rather it go toward greenspace, picnic tables and
built-in BBQs.
What's with all this razmatazz about showers?
In the PNW we frequently have to ride /in/
showers ;-)
But all this talk about showers makes riding
sound like a dirty, grimy endeavour, which
it isn't. The whole notion of cycling being
dirty is a canard that deserves to be quashed,
squashed, stepped-upon, and vehemently refuted.
I mean, it's not at all like those WWI aeroplanes
spattering engine oil into your begoggled face.
And yet that's the excuse so many people make to
bail out of the idea of cycling. So they'll instead
foul the troposphere with their auto emissions,
in order to stay clean & fresh. TYVM.
And if you so fear stinking, don't be
a junk food fatso in the first place.
Anyways, I'd rather have a larger bike than a
larger rebate. Although all donations are
greatly accepted.
cheers,
Tom
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