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To: greenspirit who wrote (24685)	8/30/1998 12:50:00 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Michael, I would like to see the tax on all tobacco and alcohol products raised so that they are almost prohibitive. It is not important to me that the government profit in a general sense from these taxes--I think they should all go into public health education and treatment. I think that taxes on gasoline and automobiles should also be many times higher. I would want all of these revenues to go into building public transportation and building things like safe, protected bicycle lanes. I think that junk food and foods containing sugar should also be taxed. American eating habits are just horrible. We are killing ourselves with food. Oh, and a five hundred percent tax on televisions would be good. I think I might have forgotten some important new tax ideas. I'll let you know if I remember some more social engineering concepts like the ones I have shared with you.