

| 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. >- - - - 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 ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) Dallas, Texas, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (13.986@100.81) http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
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