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Article #6786Re: Are you FED UP with high gas prices?!
From: finest
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:00
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On 20 Jun 1996 20:54:52 GMT, les@Steam.Stanford.edu (Les Earnest) wrote: >What the politicians SHOULD be doing is to raise gas taxes to the >point where they cover the actual cost of operating motor vehicles. Sure, as long as your currently subsidized bus fare is quadrupled to cover the real costs, too. Next time you step into a Samtrans bus think of how many gallons of gas need to be sold (and burned) for the gas tax to cover the part of the cost of your ride you didn't pay for. >Because they are politicians they are doing just the opposite, with >encouragement from those who put personal gain ahead of fairness and >long term societal benefits. Hmmm, "personal gain", or smelly "societal benefits" on wheels? Difficult choice! > >-- >Les Earnest (les@cs.stanford.edu) Phone: 415 941-3984 >Computer Science Dept.; Stanford, CA 94305 Fax: 415 941-3934
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1042c7,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1042c7,public X-Google-Thread: 10db0a,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0a,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: fc3d9,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d9,public X-Google-Thread: f6c48,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 101dd2,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid101dd2,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 106595,a4a61e135760b2b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106595,public From: finest@best.com Subject: Re: Are you FED UP with high gas prices?! Date: 1996/06/22 Message-ID: <31cc37fe.44098936@nntp.best.com> X-Deja-AN: 161587975 references: <4qa110$6u4@news.scruz.net> <4qc8u4$ci9@athena.ulaval.ca> <4qcdqs$52b@nntp.Stanford.EDU> organization: Best Internet Communications newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.house,uiuc.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,relcom.consumers,uiuc.misc.consumers,ba.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living,tw.bbs.soc.consumers