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Subject:Re: Why gas taxes should be higher...
Date:Sun, 12 May 1996 13:45:36 -0700

Ron Lussier wrote:
>I've long believed that U.S. gasoline taxes should be several dollars /
>gallon.  This would come closer to covering the government subsidies on
>automobiles.  It would also discourage driving, always a good thing.
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Clara wrote:
>but if you drive a 30 year old car, the subsidies are irrelevant.  why not
>reduce car subsidies?  did you know that a third of the pollution that a car
>makes in its'lifetime' is in production?    but actually, gas prices haven't
>gone up that much, compared to other things.

Last time I checked, this was not a forum for expressing our political beliefs.
I have a lot of opinions about politics, but I try not to discuss them on
this list.

-David

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