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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (271558)2/3/2006 8:59:28 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) of 1575342
 
>1. Raise the Fed gas tax from 17 cents a gallon to 60 cents a gallon, effective immediately.
2. Mandate that the states charge a $500 annual license premium for any passenger vehicle that gets less then 20 MPG, effective in 3 months.
3. Us the proceeds to give a tax rebate of $7000 on the purchase of any passenger vehicle that gets better than 32 MPG, and no state sales tax, maybe 0% interest loans.

I like 2 and 3 -- I don't like 1, because the only people who are really affected by it in the short term are those who are already financially strapped. It'd also encourage people to drive less, and people driving from place to place really helps our economy; if people drive less, they shop less too.

In the cases of 2 and 3, they all aim to get people to drive different cars, not to drive less.

-Z
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