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Thank goodness this isn't Europe
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Posted by Drew in Houston [Email] (more from Drew in Houston) on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:26:49 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Well, yes, people with big families or some other >, ChipJ, Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:54:27
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What's with all the comparisons to Europe? As if that's the ideal? Never mind the fact that a couple of large states here in the US have more land area than all of Europe combined...how can you even begin to make a fair comparison regarding public transportation?

And as for your argument, a large portion of the per gallon cost of gasoline already IS going to taxes. So more gas purchased already means more taxes paid. Why not raise that tax for everyone and make it per gallon? Why single out taxes by vehicle type? You want to talk emissions? Take a look at emissions for lawn mowers sometime. Or worse, 2 stroke weed-eaters. Should there be an extra tax for people who have yards and not ornamental rock gardens--a grass tax perhaps? Maybe we can make a new department for policing the types of yards people have. What about fuel efficient motorcycles that don't have cats? What about portable generators with carbs and no cats that contractors run by the thousands every single day to do their jobs? What about HRVOC's that are a realeased by-product at any type of plastics manufacture? And oh-my-gosh, what about power plants? Do you use electric in your home? I'm so sick and tired of hearing all the band wagon people complain about SUV's without really considering the issues involved.

Why do you feel the need to inhibit ther personal choice of others? Should there not be freedom to live to ideals other than yours?

1. Using more gas already means paying more taxes on a per gallon basis--If you want to increase taxes, what's the problem with increasing the gas taxes overall on a per gallon basis?
2. If you want to talk emissions, get off the SUV band wagon and start looking at the real sources and issues.

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