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Denver gives DNC host committee pass on gas tax

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posted on Jul, 22 2008 @ 08:18 PM
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The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention is using the city's gas pumps to fill up on fuel, avoiding state and federal highway taxes, officials said today.

The issue came up during the council's weekly meeting with Mayor John Hickenlooper when the Public Works Department requested authorization to be reimbursed by the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for use of "fueling facilities, fuel and car washes."



Not paying the gas tax? Who are they that they get this special privilege? They are getting car washes too. Crazy, the RNC convention in St. Paul is not getting this? These people must be "above the law". Its not like its only a few cents either it is 40 cents. It think they should pay it.




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posted on Jul, 22 2008 @ 08:39 PM
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Doesn't it make sense that the party that wants to raise taxes on oil and gas also wishes to exempt itself from such taxes? Why should our elite leaders have to suffer when they work so hard to make America a better place (for themselves).



posted on Jul, 22 2008 @ 08:44 PM
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This is a blatant violation of the law - city gas pumps are for fueling city vehicles which perform city services and shuffle city employees on city business, NOT for providing tax-free benefits to political parties. The purposes for which the city is allowed to use gas that is tax free does not include fueling up DNC vehicles, and they could be taken to court over this and lose - not that anyone would, since the DNC has more lawyers than the city of Denver. I continue to be amazed at how much the DNC gets away with...although I'm sure the RNC is up to the same skullduggery...

[edit on 22-7-2008 by ALightinDarkness]



posted on Jul, 23 2008 @ 08:40 AM
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Looks like the DNC is now the state-sponsored taxpayer-funded political party. Next step is to actually change their name to the U.S. Communist Party. Just hoping that after Obama is "elected" to the office of President he doesn't purge the U.S. population like Stalin did in Russia. Although, I wouldn't put it above him.




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