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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 12:32:09 -0500, "charliew2" <charliew2@ev1.net>
wrote:

>Mark Berkeley wrote:
>> Just to let you know that as far as the British government are
>> concerned, charging around £4.10 per gallon is there way of reducing
>> consumption and global warming in the UK. Do you think that your
>> government should also levy taxes to $7 a gallon?
>>
>
>(big cut)
>
>That depends.  If other taxes were shifted to gasoline, it would probably
>make sense to do so.  If the government merely added $7/gallon tax in an
>attempt to maximize their tax income, the U.S. economy would suffer
>mightily.  Based on what I have seen of the U.S. government's actions
>regarding the deficit and the national debt, I am not inspired by the
>probability that more taxes will be properly spent.
>

What they should tax ,more, are newly sold large gas consumpting
vehicles. While also raising gas taxes some. The difference is that
transporting things across the US is a lot bigger distance. While the
UK is only the the size of a large state. Many americans seem to think
cheap gas is a god given right. In fact most money made at gas
stations in the US, these days, is do to the selling of concessions.
That is why the service station is a thing of the past. It is about
convienent store/gas pumps these days. Adding a dollar more in taxes
would be more along the lines of reason.

The US developed substantially under the rule of machinery while much
of europe developed pre combustion hence there is a lot more
centalization. I believe this affects our gas consumptive lifestyle.
Plus things like the red car and urban transportation were removed in
large part due to auto dealers lobbying for that.

my 2 cents
Gato Loco