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To: SilentZ who wrote (271571)	2/3/2006 9:39:07 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1575311

re: 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. Yeah, it's not perfect. But I'm thinking that low income folks would buy, say a Toyota Corrola for less than $14K minus the $7K, get combined 35 MPG, and retire old Betsy that gets 18 MPG and make out all right on the gas cost (even with the tax). I guess the payments on even $6K+ with 0% interest could be tough for some people. We've got to figure a way to retire the inefficient passenger car fleet. John