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To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (60933)	2/25/2000 5:09:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 95453

No, that is not really true. That is what they ought to have done, but they didn't. I live in a state, a country, and a locality, none of which did very much to tack on anything to the price of gasoline when it was at 83 cents a gallon. I recall no tax increases of any significance. Instead, the United States has pursued a policy of encouraging importing of cheap oil thereby encouraged the manufacture of these enormous SUVs that fill our highways, using twice as much gasoline as a modest car, and for no discernable purpose. Where do you live? All other oil-importing countries tax gasoline at rates that are on average about 500% thte combined taxes in the US, and encourage the use of diesels and economic gasoline vehicles.