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whunter · #38 05-02-2004, 07:26 PM

All taxes are a punitive action = punishment.
The intention of the tax is to punish people who use fuel.
Do you feel you need to be punished?
Are we not being taxed enough?

My standard of living falls as prices go up.
If the trend continues I'll be charging more for my services.
I do not want to charge more, but I will do what I must to survive, that will cost you more.

Add $2.00 a gallon gas tax, better be ready for that automobile repair bill to go up like a rocket = doubled hourly repair rate.
My fixed costs would double or triple.

Do you think the thieves in Washington will forget to add a $2.00 a gallon diesel fuel tax.
The government ought to stop trying to perform social engineering, it only makes everything worse.
The average citizen is not going to do much about his fuel consumption, in most cases they can not = retired.
The US government has no right to change the behavior of the average citizen, which you will find in the US constitution, most people on Capitol Hill ignore this document.
I expect that they will force through more fuel taxes (for our own good) resulting in a recession-depression.
John Kerry does not know or care about what he spouts, he will say anything to get elected, and then do as he pleases.

The oil companies aren’t stupid – a new refinery is a bad investment.
If you want government action; legislate how many refineries must be in the USA and their output level.
Stop the domestic oil ship out which turns around out to sea and is shipped back as imported oil at twice the price.

FYI:
You are in the USA; not Great Britain, France, or Germany, stop trying to compare apples to onions and carrots.