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Driving is pay to play. It's a privelege - not a basic human right. I am NOT a fan of taxes by any means, but vehicles use up public infrastructure and infrastructure ain't free. Gasoline taxes ($ per mile) and vehicle registrations ($ per pound) would seem like reasonable taxes. If I don't want to pay those taxes, I can choose to drive less or drive a lighter vehicle - both actions reducing my usage of the infrastructure and therefore reducing the amount I should have to pay for it.
Granted, my willingness to pay these taxes is based on the assumption that the revenues generated are spent strictly on infrastructure...
The U.S. needs to revamp it's energy policy instead of continually trying to polish the CAFE turd.
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In the early morning... when there's only a mere suggestion that the sun is going to bother coming up at all that day - a CGM blur accompanied by the anthem of 312 horses awakens the morning commuters from their NPR-induced stupor. Charging past the front lines in an all-or-nothing battle cry that the King has returned...
Last edited by Easy Go; 01-13-2010 at 02:24 PM.
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