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Article #968Re: gas up 7 cents
From: Iam
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:53
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:53
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:18:31 -0700, DGS <dSPAMSUCKS@NOSPAM.org> wrote: >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). So we sit nice and quiet while oil companies and government rob our pockets???
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