re: Stolen from OT. St George submits petition.

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Do more people commute from the city out to the parish for work or is it the other way around?

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What revenue do either Baton Rouge or East Baton Rouge Parish derive from labor? Do the employers pay income tax? They do pay for occupational licenses based on their revenues. If the employees commuting into Baton Rouge help produce higher revenues then they are contributing to the city's revenue.

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Should the city set up toll booths for those commuters coming into the city from the parish to work every day?

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Absolutely, and those toll booths should collect from non-residents of the parish too. I think the city and parish should impose an income tax while they are at it. And why not a tax on accumulated wealth too. Heaven knows the people on the Metro Council would spend the money more wisely than the people who earned it.

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Do you see how silly and parochial your entire argument is?

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About as silly as yours. At least mine has an underlying rationale that makes sense. If you take something away from people they are going to be worse off. And in this case those people are the parish residents who live outside the Baton ?Rouge city limits.