Welcome to the list!
Remember, we will all point back to your initial post and say, "He
started it!" ;-)
It could be worse, we could be living in California. ;-)
That sounds almost as stupid as repealing the gas taxes for the summer,
as our esteemed junior senator is calling for. The same one who jumped
on the "video games cause violence" bandwagon awhile back, and quietly
jumped off as soon as it became apparent that it wasn't going to net any
poll numbers for president. ("Violence in video games" is another topic
we can rant about.)
As usual with taxes of this nature, the real burden falls on the
marginal income group. Sort of like the famous "everybody pays X%". 5%
is a far greater burden on the marginals, as that 5% very quickly eats
up what little, if any, surplus that might have existed.
Personally, I don't have a problem w/ sales taxes on toys, TV's, eating
out, etc. Leave the food alone.
A huge gas tax only makes it that much harder for folks to be able to
get to work. Especially when, for instance, in my town (in NY), there
are only 2 buses to anywhere. One leaves here at 6:30 am. The other
returns at 6:30 pm! Sort of puts a crimp in the "Day at the Zoo" type
outings.
I can remember when gasoline was under 30 cents / gallon! In far less
than my driving life time, the cost of gasoline had increased more than
an order of magnitude!
Well, hope you've been as impressed by the level of discussion by these
guys as I have been. Looks like all we were waiting for was a spark!
Thanks,
-Greg Neumann (fellow sufferer in the "State of TaxEs"!)
web at work wrote:
In my area of NY, the gas price is $0.20+ higher than
the national average.
I remember when gas went from $.95 to $1.02
and I was upset then, now $4+ for the low grade
gas and $4.50+ for diesel.
Have a rip roaring discussion about that.
There was an article that suggested to make a
new usage tax that would add $0.50 to $1.50
more per gallon. He stated that if that was done
we would conserve more and then the price
would go back down below what the price was
before the added tax. At that point the tax would
be reduced. Then increased as demand goes up.
Stupid, but proposed and people are listening.
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