[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Tax Avoidance

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Tax Avoidance
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1218866593.shtml


   After reading my last post on bus fares, I decided to do what I
   probably should have done months ago. Rather than figuring out how to
   keep several quarters in my pocket all the time, I ordered a Transit
   "Go To" card. It's a prepaid value card, just like my Caribou card.
   Plus, I get a discount, about 10%, which just about negates the coming
   25 cent fare increase.
   So now I have three ways to work - car, bus, and bike. The last three
   weeks, that's worked out to about 1 day driving, the other four split,
   mornings by bus and evenings by bike. The buses have a two slot bike
   rack, though it's happened twice already that it was already full.
   Rule one of bus riding though, is having a plan B for when the bus
   never comes.
   The bus and bike have me paying maybe $2 a month less in gasoline
   taxes despite the big Transit tax increases. And the bike is saving me
   about $10 a week over the bus and car, paying for this year's and next
   year's fare increases to further fund light rail.
   I only need a comfortable, "no nose" seat.