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Post #32,585
by boxley
3/18/02 12:16:36 PM
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New We already have a hefty gas tax
and the SUV owners pay a higher tax than a motorcycle driver, buy more pay for the privilege. Comparing Europe and Japan to here is silly. On my Xmas vacation I drove for the equivelent of Denmark to Greece and back and still never left the southeast USA. We have the oil capacity, just not the will to get it. People would rather send young men to die overseas than drill environmentally sound manner in the arctic. Canada's oil shale has a larger capacity of oil than Saudi Arabia. Cuba has offshore reserves she cannot exploit since we share the same area. If the Gummint would treat with Castro we could have a pile of oil and they could have an economy. More than 75% of the price at the pump is already taxes. Why tax it more? If you wish to socially engineer people to stay put and make travel prohibitive we will get even more regionally secular. That would be a bad thing.
thanx,
bill
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Post #32,622
by a6l6e6x
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3/18/02 2:50:07 PM
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New Current taxes are used for highways.
That's an obvious use tax. The more you use, the more you pay.

I'm suggesting that gasoline users also pay for the significant environmental and health damage that they cause. As I said before, they are getting a free ride in that department.

Not terribly different from me dumping hazardous material into what becomes your water supply. It might be very convenient for me. And, I do pay for the pipes that lead to the lake.
Alex
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #32,623
by boxley
3/18/02 2:54:40 PM
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New 5 cent a gallon fed envirotax is still there
unless they repealed it. This goes to the superfund.
thanx,
bill
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Post #32,635
by a6l6e6x
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3/18/02 4:47:00 PM
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New Re: More than 75% of the price at the pump is already taxes.
[link|http://www.api.org/newsroom.cgi?id=I002108&cat=Research+Papers|From API American Petroleum Institute:]
In August 2001 the taxes collected on a gallon of gasoline amounted to 42 cents, including 18.4 cents per gallon in federal taxes, and 23.6 cents per gallon in volume-weighted average state taxes.
I would say that's less than 30% of the average price nationally. YMMV, but it's not 75%.
Alex
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #32,715
by boxley
3/19/02 9:21:43 AM
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New you forgot city and county which in West palm is 26cents
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Post #32,745
by a6l6e6x
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3/19/02 1:40:53 PM
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New Ah yes, get the tourists tax.
I always fill up in Georgia on way Pembroke Pines, FL. But, of course, there is no way to get back without filling up once in Florida.

Well, you have not income tax, and this is one way to take some money from you (and us).
Alex
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #32,747
by boxley
3/19/02 2:11:14 PM
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New Yep I am always on empty at the Georgia line.
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     CAFE standards revisions shot down - (wharris2) - (19) - March 14, 2002, 03:50:51 PM EST
         Problem I have with CAFE - (drewk) - (18) - March 14, 2002, 04:34:50 PM EST
             declare a station wagon a lite truck -NT - (boxley) - March 14, 2002, 04:43:52 PM EST
             Once upon a time - (Ric Locke) - (16) - March 14, 2002, 10:05:45 PM EST
                 Urbanites driving SUVs... - (admin) - March 14, 2002, 10:15:25 PM EST
                 Me tries to explain - (wharris2) - March 14, 2002, 11:51:45 PM EST
                 I don't believe anyone here is saying that, there are NO - (Ashton) - March 15, 2002, 04:25:11 AM EST
                 Not saying that at all - (drewk) - (12) - March 15, 2002, 09:07:04 AM EST
                     So let's do away with CAFE - (Ric Locke) - (11) - March 16, 2002, 08:48:46 PM EST
                         Yes, and start a gasoline tax increase program. - (a6l6e6x) - (9) - March 16, 2002, 09:02:48 PM EST
                             I could go for that, without the bitter vindictiveness. - (Ric Locke) - (1) - March 16, 2002, 09:11:54 PM EST
                                 Re: "unintended consequences" - (a6l6e6x) - March 16, 2002, 10:24:02 PM EST
                             We already have a hefty gas tax - (boxley) - (6) - March 18, 2002, 12:16:36 PM EST
                                 Current taxes are used for highways. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 18, 2002, 02:50:07 PM EST
                                     5 cent a gallon fed envirotax is still there - (boxley) - March 18, 2002, 02:54:40 PM EST
                                 Re: More than 75% of the price at the pump is already taxes. - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - March 18, 2002, 04:47:00 PM EST
                                     you forgot city and county which in West palm is 26cents -NT - (boxley) - (2) - March 19, 2002, 09:21:43 AM EST
                                         Ah yes, get the tourists tax. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 19, 2002, 01:40:53 PM EST
                                             Yep I am always on empty at the Georgia line. -NT - (boxley) - March 19, 2002, 02:11:14 PM EST
                         Not the only option - (drewk) - March 18, 2002, 10:33:10 AM EST

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