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Re: gas up 7 cents

#955
From: DGS
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:26
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FNO wrote:

> "Mr Frederick" <fpeditor1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3F1C861D.9020902@hotmail.com...
> 
>>DGS wrote:
>>
>>>Mr Frederick wrote:
>>>
>>>>The American market is 10 times as big as the Canadian.  With 10 times
>>>>the taxpayers, they can afford to have a lower tax on just about
>>>>everything, especially when they don't spend as much on "people
>>>>services".
>>>
>>>Um, say what?  You been hanging around Downtown Eastside and sharing in
>>>the goodies or something?
>>>
>>>The American market is 10x as big, but also has at least 10x the infra-
>>>structure to maintain
>>
>>You forget, it is in a physically smaller country, as well.
> 
> And they pay bas you go.  Many of their interstates are toll roads.

Only true in states east of the Mississippi.  Most interstates in the
western half of the USA are freeways.  Also, tolls aren't levied on a
national basis, but by the individual states.
-- 
DGS
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Subject: Re: gas up 7 cents
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