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MorrisG@federal.unisys.com (Giles Morris) wrote:

>In article <DqByos.IIu@hshuna.hsh.com>, paul@hshuna.hsh.com (Paul Havemann) wrote:

>>: 'Course, the gallons there are bigger than the gallons here, although
>>: not that much bigger. Now why is it that putting 25c/gallon on gasoline
>>: tax in the US would be political suicide, where as no-one seems to mind 
>>: very much that gas taxes in the UK are $3/gallon or more?  Is it simply
>>: that Americans love their cars that much more, or is it just that 
>>: familiarity breeds content?

>In the US we choose to subsidize automobiles by paying for a large part of the 
>infrastructure that they need out of general taxation at the federal, state 
>and local level. In most countries the belief is that automobile users should 
>pay their own way. The costs are essentially the same, but we prefer to hide 
>them. OTOH, we complain a lot more about subsidies to other forms of 
>transportation (bus, train, subway etc).

Nonsense, just where do you think all those taxes put on gasoline are
spent??