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Article #958Re: gas up 7 cents
From: abc
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:45
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:45
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are you from dgs girl! "DGS" <dSPAMSUCKS@NOSPAM.org> ????? news:bfhaio$e99vc$1@ID-75266.news.uni-berlin.de... > Mr Frederick wrote: > > > Mark wrote: > > > >> Depends where you go, but the taxes in the US are different than in > >> Canada. > >> The prices in Washington State are almost always lower than in Canada, > >> even > >> with the conversion. > > > > 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 - wanna tell me how big the Canadian network of > the equivalent of Interstate freeways is, for instance? And the sheer > volume and proportion of USA military spending more than makes up for > lack of spending on "people services." > > The reason gasoline taxes are low in the USA is because Americans are > a bunch of whining crybabies, and would bleat like stuck pigs if their > gas taxes are raised by as much as 5 cents per US-gallon (or just over > a penny per litre). > -- > DGS >
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