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To: RetiredNow who wrote (313311)	12/1/2006 7:32:36 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572749

re: AMEN, Friedman! Unfortunately, our leaders are morons and if many Americans are like the Hummer driving folks on this thread, we'll never reach energy independence. I still think you tax and give an incentive to the energy client rather than the energy source. Put a $2K per year license plate tax on any passenger car that gets less than 15 MPG and a $2K tax credit on any passenger car that gets better than 40 MPG. Maybe a $1K tax per year on anything less than 20 MPG and a $1K credit on anything better than 35 MPG. Move the numbers up 1 MPG a year for 10 years. Gasoline problem solved... the same model could be used for other clients from refrigerators to home heating/cooling. John The other option would be to tax and incentive the auto makers with about the same numbers but I don't think it would be as effective.