Taxes (as in gas taxes) are a form of allocation by government. By raising
the gas tax, they tell those who can't afford it that they can no longer
drive. Taxes are regressive.
JL
At 01:25 PM 11/2/04 -0600, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I bet most Europeans wouldn't argue that much with the taxes they pay for
>gasoline. They, unlike Americans, understand that it's not an infinite
>resource, or that they deserve large gas-guzzling vehicles as a birthright.
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>And people complain about second-hand smoke here. It's amazing.
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>John Testa
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> John Lee
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>Which is what I thought. So don't blame the USA for their high taxes. Get
>involved and make changes if you don't like it. Whining doesn't help.
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>JL
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>At 12:50 PM 11/2/04 -0600, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>>That's because it's taxed at an outrageous price and Europeans pay it.
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>>Denys
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of John Testa
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:19 PM
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>>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Blatant disrespect for the international
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>>Have any of you ever paid for gas in Europe?
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>>I doubt you'd be buying your gas-guzzling SUVs and Hummers there.
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>>John Testa
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>> Larry Barnes
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>>I see that now. My mistake, I ASSUMED you would base this on an annual
>>basis, like most other sites do.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bob Comeau [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:21 AM
>>To: Larry Barnes
>>Subject: RE: Blatant disrespect for the international community
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>>The site asked for avg miles per WEEK. At 12000 a week you would be
>>rarely at home :)
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>>Bob Comeau
>>Sr. Systems Programmer Analyst
>>Crossley Carpet Mills Ltd.
>>(902)895-5491 ex 139
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>>Behalf Of Larry Barnes
>>Sent: November 2, 2004 12:07 PM
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>>Subject: Re: Blatant disrespect for the international community
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>>I went to the first link below and out of curiosity I clicked on the
>>link to calculate my gas tax under Kerry. I think this link will cause
>>some red faces for GAB and friends. I entered as my vehicle a 2000
>>Chevy. Malibu and calculated 12,000 average miles a year for the state
>>of Idaho.
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>>Here's the link: http://www.georgewbush.com/calculator/
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>>The calculation they came back with must be using some NEW math formula.
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>>Here's their calculation:
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>>Your Cost at the Pump is increased by:
>>Yearly gas tax increase = $12,514.29
>>Total yearly bill would = $62,621.49
>>Total monthly bill would = $4,803.84
>>Total weekly bill would = $1,200.96
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bruce Collins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 7:24 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Blatant disrespect for the international
>>community
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>>It's not just France that is blocked. It was reported last week on
>>another list by a poster from Sweden.
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>>If http://www.georgewbush.com isn't available to you, you might want to
>>check out the parody site at http://www.georgewbush.org
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