| ??? 05/04/07 05:20 Read: times |
#138589 - Please Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jez Smith said:
strangely enough the thing that keeps americans happily driving aound at vastly subsidised fuel prices is erm... Craig Steiner said:
There are no subsidies. Just significantly fewer taxes than Europe. So everyone gets to decide what they want to consume rather than some elitist types in the government deciding what everyone should or shouldn't buy by taxing the heck out of those things that they don't want others to consume. Craig Steiner said:
Those morons in DC work for the oil interests. They don't tax anything of interest to Big-Oil without arranging some give-back, like the strategic oil reserve, etc. Good. I'm in favor of reduced taxes on everyone and everything. Even oil companies. Taxes are just passed on to us anyway. Tax the oil companies and the increased cost gets passed on to us. Either way, we pay the taxes. Richard Erlacher said:
Why do you think the oil prices went down right before the election and yet are even higher now? The oil companies directly set the prices and the folks who drive those behemoths they want us all to drive have to pay it. Oh PLEASE tell me you don't believe that silly conspiracy theory. I detest your negativity but I've always considered you to be an intelligent person. But I will have to seriously reconsider that evaluation if you're going to tell me you think that prices of oil in the world market were manipulated for the election. PLEASE tell me you don't honestly believe that. Richard Erlacher said:
A part of what we pay is tax. I think that tax ought to be assessed not on the amount of fuel that goes into the tank, but on how much pollution (Yes, including CO2) comes out of the exhaust and on a basis of ((((exhaust-mass))*(GVW^3))!)^2. That would incentivize reducing emissions and also reducing GVW, which impacts damage/wear to the roadway as the cube. Yes, that's the factorial of the square of the product of exhaust mass and GVW cubed. And I'm happy that won't happen. Not because I have a big enough vehicle that I would be on the "abused" side of that equation, but because I don't want some idiotic politician making arbitrary decisions for me (or others) based on what he decides is best for me and others. Regards, Craig Steiner |
