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To: Road Walker who wrote (182610)	11/9/2005 2:24:12 PM
From: GVTucker	Respond to of 186894

The rest of your post is a straw man. No, it isn't a straw man. It is an increasingly absurd post that proposes the exact same type of tax that you propose--taxes that give an incentive to increase fuel efficiency. That isn't a straw man at all, I am not arguing a point you didn't make. Funny how everyone argues against the tax but nobody against the credit. I have argued that we ought to take away all the subsidies. Why doesn't that include the credit?

To: Road Walker who wrote (182610)	11/9/2005 2:33:13 PM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Less sarcastically, John, the point is that we ALL waste fuel. It is YOUR opinion that cars with poor fuel efficiency constitutes an egregious form of waste. It is MY opinion that people that set their thermostat to 75 degrees waste more. People that drive when they could walk waste more. Of course, my opinions are just that--opinions. It shouldn't be the government's business to choose your opinion or mine. We all make choices. Yeah, we consume much more fuel per capita than anyone else. And, once that consumption gets out of line, the price of the good forces us back into line. Betcha we consume more food per capita than anyone else, too. Heck, betcha we consume just about all goods per capita more than anyone else. You single out gasoline just because it suits your biases to do so.