Kansas Driveway Tax=Job Killer

The city of Mission, Kansas, has now introduced a "driveway tax."  That's right, you heard me . . .

The new fee is aimed at properties that produce the most traffic and put the most wear and tear on roads. Big-box stores are going to be charged more than residential homes, which don't generate as much traffic.

This is not a cheap fee.  If you're corporate America, you're the bad guy and they're going to get you!  This fee will cost

every homeowner $72 a year and small businesses $3,558 a year beginning in December. Larger businesses that generate lots of traffic, such as Mission Bank, could pay $5,659 a year. A drive-thru fast food restaurant could pay $12,200 a year. Target could pay as much as $64,750 annually.

Of course, we're all paying all kinds of taxes on the fuel that we put into our cars.  And what are those taxes for?  To pay for road improvements.  Kansans are paying 43.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and even more per gallon of diesel for road improvements.  And, gee, those that drive more and use more fuel are going to pay higher taxes.  Sounds fair to me.  With this tax, the little old lady that goes to town once a week for groceries is going to pay just as much as her next door neighbors that drive to work every day and have two teenagers with cars. People and businesses should not be punished for generating traffic.  That traffic means jobs!  Jobs for the people that refine and deliver the gasoline.  Jobs for the convenience store personnel.  Jobs for the people at the places these drivers are visiting such as the fast food restaurants, the bank, and Target.  These businesses are not just going to absorb the cost.  They will let people go to compensate for the higher taxes.  And that little old lady that now has to pay $72 more in taxes a year?  That's fewer trips to the grocery store or fewer trips for a treat at her favorite fast food place.  Less volume for these places will again mean less jobs.  More and more taxes create a vicious cycle that does nothing more than kill jobs which in turn means less tax revenue. via Mission City Council approves 'driveway tax' to fund roads - KansasCity.com.

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