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redspear
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 Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Let me caculate what this means for me.
.189 x 0 gallons x 6 months = 0 guess it doesn't help me.
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Cotton
Some days I'm a super bitch
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Gas prices are a hell of a lot higher in Canada and Europe and there is next to no bickering. Gas is still fucking cheap compared to a lot of things we pay for and people should start to realize that one does not need to own an SUV/hummer to survive. It's common sense.
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Cotton
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Angela Merkel wrote: Eagle wrote: If anything, Tax it more. Precisely. Our infrastructure is falling apart, and nobody wants to pay for it. Kind of like having your cake and eating it too, no? Rank this up with "the right to bear arms" as one of the most destructive entitlements in America. Public transit is a viable alternative with social, economic, and environmental benefits. Let's all take the bus instead! 
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Jeff
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Cotton wrote: Angela Merkel wrote: Eagle wrote: If anything, Tax it more. Precisely. Our infrastructure is falling apart, and nobody wants to pay for it. Kind of like having your cake and eating it too, no? Rank this up with "the right to bear arms" as one of the most destructive entitlements in America. Public transit is a viable alternative with social, economic, and environmental benefits. Let's all take the bus instead! Or lets get public rail systems, bike co-ops and carpools!
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Ripper
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity First we need decent mass transit, no one wants to pay for that in most cities...
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Cotton
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Ripper wrote: First we need decent mass transit, no one wants to pay for that in most cities... Tell me about it. I've never seen as much bickering and backstabbing between municipal/provincial/federal officials when it comes to dealing with transit plans. Seems like no one is ever on the same page.
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Jeff
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Cotton wrote: Ripper wrote: First we need decent mass transit, no one wants to pay for that in most cities... Tell me about it. I've never seen as much bickering and backstabbing between municipal/provincial/federal officials when it comes to dealing with transit plans. Seems like no one is ever on the same page. Well some of it makes sense. For example down here there are plenty of rail lines that could be turned into high speed rail from the suburbs to the downtown area. The problem is they are owned by a private corporation which is being difficult in how it would lease them because they still use the lines for freight transit etc. It's all a huge mess but yeah, they need to get on it ASAP.
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dolcevita
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Gail Collins wrote: ...On Tuesday, root for the Democrat whose vision of the political process comes closest to matching your own. And I do not want you to be swayed by the fact that Hillary and Barack are finally having a policy debate, and it’s about the dumbest idea in the campaign. Man, I love Gail.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/opini ... ns.html?hp
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Groucho
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Jeff
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity That's great. Well, the bridge collapse isn't. But the message is.
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Rev
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Tyler
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity The whole idea is dumb just because it's like adding a band aid to a mountain-sized, pus-gushing, gangrene-filled wound. The oil is only going to get more expensive as demand skyrockets worldwide and the supply slowly declines. It's a distraction for votes.
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Jeff
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity I just don't get their justification for it...I mean really.
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Dkmuto
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity From McCain, it's expected. From Hillary, I still don't know what to think.
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Beeblebrox
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Re: Gas Tax Stupidity Jeff wrote: I just don't get their justification for it...I mean really. It's populist pandering. Any gas tax savings would be offset by an increase in prices due to increased demand. So you're not even likely to see that $30 savings anyway. It's a political stunt, nothing more.
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