tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post8854797048738067586..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: An Argument Against Anti-Cycling PropagandaBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-46875020805948674402015-11-29T13:42:40.221-05:002015-11-29T13:42:40.221-05:00If we lived in a perfect world, people would reali...If we lived in a perfect world, people would realize bicycles cause much less wear and tear on roads. If anything cyclists are overpaying. However I'm happy to overpay if it means better road surfaces for cycling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212931929013500722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-39017819932653567922015-10-19T12:41:46.450-04:002015-10-19T12:41:46.450-04:00Very good point. Thanks!Very good point. Thanks!Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-68360428856513291352015-10-19T12:37:57.399-04:002015-10-19T12:37:57.399-04:00Every mile we drive a car, the government shells o...Every mile we drive a car, the government shells out money from the general tax fund. Gas taxes only pay about half the cost of only the road maintenance. All the associated costs of motoring (smog, health issues, disabilities from crashes, etc etc) are obviously not paid for by gas taxes. To say "I drive a car too!" is to miss the point. <br /><br />Driving a private motor vehicle is demanding that your government helps pay for every mile you drive. That is how the argument needs to be presented. Drew Devereuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420775765955153979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-71915129076784920802015-10-19T07:00:32.004-04:002015-10-19T07:00:32.004-04:00"Those arguments always come from the same so..."Those arguments always come from the same sorts of people: those who are part of the majority race and culture who, to be fair, usually work hard but are unhappy with their lives. They're not poor, but they're not rich: They're middle-class, or part of the skilled working class, and they're losing ground. In the US, they are often "Tea Party" types." <br /><br />Should I assume you have some sort of statistics to back up this assertion?<br />John C Tonettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058170689685043318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-70292291180477608432015-10-10T07:47:20.699-04:002015-10-10T07:47:20.699-04:00The logic--or more precisely, ill-logic--of every ...The logic--or more precisely, ill-logic--of every anti-cycliist rant I've seen or heard is always the same: We're the "chosen" people; we're subversive elitists and we pay no taxes.<br /><br />Those arguments always come from the same sorts of people: those who are part of the majority race and culture who, to be fair, usually work hard but are unhappy with their lives. They're not poor, but they're not rich: They're middle-class, or part of the skilled working class, and they're losing ground. In the US, they are often "Tea Party" types.<br /><br />What's interesting is that their arguments sound like the ones made against laws to fight discrimination against women, racial minorities and LGBT people. (They don't rail against laws to help disabled people because they, like almost everyone else, has a relative or close acquaintance who's disabled.) And they don't like that "their" tax money is spent on anyone besides themselves, or for anything besides war-making (I mean, defense) and Social Security or its equivalents.<br /><br />Ignorance, it seems, knows no boundaries--certainly not natural or geopolitical ones!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-38139166097920789712015-10-09T13:43:32.105-04:002015-10-09T13:43:32.105-04:00I just returned from a trip to Britain where I spe...I just returned from a trip to Britain where I spent more than half the time in London. I was pleased to see so many cyclist about. Most of them were riding in traffic with cars. I was amazed at how well they blended with traffic. That being said the bike lanes and infrastructure they have is far from perfect. If UKIP wanted to go negative they should have criticized the governments use of cycling funds rather than cyclists.Justus Robert Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636408857672287503noreply@blogger.com