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Article #970Re: gas up 7 cents
From: Mr Frederick
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:32
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:32
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DGS 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 You forget, it is in a physically smaller country, as well. - 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).
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