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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (391776)	6/17/2008 2:43:08 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578256

No you're suggesting a penalty tax - when they already pay their fair share via gasoline taxes on a per gallon basis. No they don't. They raise everybody's cost far more than the 18 cents a gallon in fed taxes. It gets back to the classic liberal idea of progressive taxes - yet this time in reverse where the poor who can't afford a more economical vehicle pay a use tax and the rich get a tax break. You get $5K a year and anyone can afford a $25K car. You probably set it up as a direct payment on the loan.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (391776)	6/17/2008 3:08:20 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578256

Come to think of it, Eric, John advocates a tax break for buyers of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, paid for by a tax hike on SUVs. (Makes me wonder where the Ford Escape hybrid fits in, since it has an EPA est. fuel economy of 34/30.) The problem is that the rich are often the first adopters of said environmentally-friendly vehicles. Especially in rich neighborhoods here in the OC, Toyota Piouses are just as common as Lexus SUVs. The tax on the Lexuses would hit the rich, but the tax break on the Pious? Tenchusatsu