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In article <4qc31u$6qn@trog.me>, mlbohn@mtu.edu says...
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>Bonita Kale (bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
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>: In a previous article, pfraser@dnai.com (Pete Fraser) says:
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>: >In article <4qa110$6u4@news.scruz.net>, Laura Cohan <laura@tmx.com> 
wrote:
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>: >No. I am happy that gas prices are high. Any politician who would add
>: >an additional $1 / gallon tax, to be used to support public 
transportation,
>: >would be likely to get my vote.
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>: Hear, hear!
>
>: I would also support a petition for a 5 year moratorium on building or
>: widening roads.  Maintenance work only for 5 years, and work on a viable
>: public transport network of some  sort, instead of paving the nation.
>: Bonita 
>
>add me to the list!  it would be nice to see the u.s. come up to speed in 
the
>areas of energy efficiency (esp. transportation) and general availability
>of good reliable mass transit.  we really are a big joke to the rest of the
>world on this one.  gas *should* cost $2 a gallon.  you'd have much fewer
>people driving mustangs/corvettes/lincoln town cars etc.  people might 
think
>twice about driving that 30 foot behemoth rv (for just two people!) around
>the u.s. as well.  and NO EXCEPTIONS for the trucking lobby either.  
>
>mike
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>--
>mike
>/
>--^^^^
>USA: Land of the misinformed, home of the narrowminded?  Looking more that 
way
>every day.  Maybe we should ban *TV*.  and legal bribery of our government
>officials.  and corporate welfare.  maybe we should stop subsidizing big 
oil.
>maybe we should encourage preventative medicine.  maybe we should learn how
>to respect one another.  maybe we should get off our high horse.  maybe we
>should tone down our worship of the Almighty$Dollar.  after all, the 
founding
>fathers *did* suggest the separation of church and state.
>
Guess what? I Canada, we have very high gasoline taxes that pay for the nice 
roads we have. That is better than having toll highways because it makes you 
pay even when driving in the city. That way, what you pay is contingent upon 
how much you drive. If you drive little, you pay little. If you drive a 
transport truck, you pay a lot, although the tax on diesel is somewhat less 
than that placed on gas. Unfortunately our very UN-frugal politicians have 
screwed up our finances to the point where they want to have highway toll in 
addition to the gas taxes - that means we'll have to pay twice to use the 
roads. You Americans might take some advice from that, namely that if you 
push your government to enact a gas tax, be very careful that they get rid 
of the highway tolls.
						-Vance
						-vance@ra.isisnet.com