It's all about the spin

I usually don't get worked up about things this late in the day.  But it's happened today.  From this article:

 

Congressman Ed Markey (MA) has released a new report entitled Tipping the Scales to coincide with a bill titled H.R. 5579, the No Special Subsidies for Gas Guzzlers Act. The report focuses on the tax loophole that exempts people purchasing an SUV from paying a gas-guzzler tax, which is normally applied to the purchase of any vehicle returning less than 22.5 mpg. The report points out that, for instance, someone buying a 20.5 mpg Audi gets dinged by a $1,300 gas-guzzler tax, while someone purchasing a 15.8 mpg Jeep pays no extra tax. Congressman Markey's bill would also close a "loophole" that allows business owners to write off most of the cost of an SUV, but not other types of vehicles.

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Markey's report estimates that the loophole will cost taxpayers $2.6 billion next year and $15.7 billion over the next decade.

That second paragraph has me fuming!  How is not paying a tax on something costing us anything?

Repeat after me people - MY MONEY IS MY MONEY.  MY MONEY DOES NOT BELONG TO CONGRESS!!!

It absolutely amazes me that someone can get away with saying me not paying taxes is costing me money.  The article I linked to even agreed!!  Amazing!!

Even worse about this is the fact that they don't even mention that the gas guzzler tax is already in full existence anyway.  People pay a tax every time they pay gas.  So if they buy a vehicle that gets horrible gas mileage, they are paying more taxes!  The only reason Congress wants to do this is because they know people already pay more than they should for large SUVs and want to get a piece of the pie.

Don't believe the spin, people.  We don't "owe" the government anything!