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To: TimF who wrote (229823)	4/18/2005 7:52:37 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573211

re: But even narrowly looking at the car MPG question I have nothing against having cars get more MPG. In fact I think it would be great, I am in no way against it. I am however against massive incentives for fuel efficient cars or large penalties for driving vehicles that use more gasoline than the average car. The fact that you use (and thus have to pay for) more gasoline is a penalty itself. I don't see any good reason good enough to justify the imposition of an extra penalty. The good reason is that the "free market" just isn't working. Every tax rewards or penalizes, and and there is a huge social, economic and political good tied to reduced consumption. Why do we have the lowest taxes of any developed country on gasoline? Are we currently subsidizing consumption, compared with the rest of the world? John Galt is dead... may he rest in peace. John