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Sat Nov-26-05 02:27 PM
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| 23. I think by gas is better |
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Weight gives no advantage to people who drive less, and therefore use less fuel.
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| -Report suggests taxing hybrid cars |
Taverner |
Nov-26-05 11:31 AM |
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They should tax by WEIGHT. |
Vickers |
Nov-26-05 11:32 AM |
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That's right |
ckramer |
Nov-26-05 11:46 AM |
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Should be the heavier the vehicle. Not just cars. |
LiberalFighter |
Nov-26-05 01:33 PM |
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WEIGHT is right. The heavy vehicles cause the most |
Warpy |
Nov-26-05 11:54 AM |
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Ummm...they don't want to encourage fuel conservation..or haven't you |
leesa |
Nov-26-05 04:56 PM |
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The Repukes want to encourage Oil Consumption. |
Megahurtz |
Nov-28-05 01:43 PM |
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Exactimundo. Gotta disincentivize all these tree huggers who wanna |
grannylib |
Nov-28-05 06:33 PM |
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But you see that would make Bushco's $25k depreciation credits |
calipendence |
Nov-29-05 03:40 PM |
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I think by gas is better |
creeksneakers2 |
Nov-26-05 02:27 PM |
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Tax by weight per ton of cargo capacity per mile per gallon. |
Orsino |
Nov-26-05 03:44 PM |
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The extra tax they pay is added to the cost of goods they haul. |
iconoclastNYC |
Nov-29-05 04:10 PM |
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Agreed |
high density |
Nov-26-05 04:51 PM |
#33 |
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There is a weight tax in Japan |
Art_from_Ark |
Nov-27-05 06:54 PM |
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My old Honda was a muscle car? |
hraka |
Nov-29-05 03:28 PM |
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Weight is immaterial for most personal vehicles |
Tims |
Nov-28-05 12:01 PM |
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WTF? |
Stevious |
Nov-26-05 11:34 AM |
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What is it you drive? Id rather tax that |
Mountainman |
Nov-26-05 10:35 PM |
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Tax what I drive? |
Stevious |
Nov-27-05 11:17 AM |
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Good than I want to tax a Toyota Prius. |
Mountainman |
Nov-27-05 02:55 PM |
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I think he was just pointing out the absurdity of ONLY taxing |
MadisonProgressive |
Nov-27-05 03:50 PM |
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I wonder about the wisdom of taxing fuel-efficent cars... |
KansDem |
Nov-28-05 09:56 AM |
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Good. |
Voltaire99 |
Nov-27-05 06:01 PM |
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SUVs are good in the snow |
dmordue |
Nov-29-05 07:21 PM |
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Ok, with a name like "Mountainman"... |
hraka |
Nov-29-05 03:34 PM |
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Yeah! Tax SUV's!!! |
Megahurtz |
Nov-28-05 01:46 PM |
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They're only anti-tax for the top 1% |
MindPilot |
Nov-26-05 11:35 AM |
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And two highways in particular |
Taverner |
Nov-26-05 03:30 PM |
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That's a good way to discourage people who... |
jeff30997 |
Nov-26-05 11:37 AM |
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exactly what I thought as well |
MellowOne |
Nov-27-05 11:42 AM |
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This is total bullshit |
tularetom |
Nov-26-05 11:38 AM |
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We already subsidize the trucking industry, and get nothing in return |
MindPilot |
Nov-26-05 11:45 AM |
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Worst transportation scandal in US history: |
dogfacedboy |
Nov-26-05 11:45 PM |
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Passenger Rail |
Oldtimeralso |
Nov-27-05 12:40 AM |
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I agree. |
bvar22 |
Nov-26-05 11:53 AM |
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Right! More rail. |
jayctravis |
Nov-26-05 07:34 PM |
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Add a third trailer to the double-trailer semis |
MrMonk |
Nov-26-05 09:12 PM |
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Actually, rail traffic is at record highs. |
Xithras |
Nov-27-05 01:48 AM |
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We pay $6000 every year to license two trucks.... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Nov-26-05 01:06 PM |
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May 2006 (post election) fare better... |
hraka |
Nov-29-05 03:44 PM |
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How about those double trailer semi's!! |
LiberalFighter |
Nov-26-05 01:35 PM |
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How about a one-time tax upon completion of each vehicle |
kgfnally |
Nov-27-05 07:15 PM |
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Cheney strikes again! |
FormerRepublican |
Nov-26-05 11:38 AM |
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But..but..these hybrid owners are stealing... |
Liberal Veteran |
Nov-26-05 11:39 AM |
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Why don't they just tax Democrats? |
longship |
Nov-26-05 11:40 AM |
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Now it all makes sense. Control through taxation. |
Gregorian |
Nov-26-05 11:41 AM |
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Pretty good blabbing. |
Voltaire99 |
Nov-27-05 06:03 PM |
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Actually I think this is an attempt |
tularetom |
Nov-26-05 11:45 AM |
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"hapless US auto industry" sounds like they're the victims |
MindPilot |
Nov-26-05 11:52 AM |
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re: ugliest, I have to give you a Hell yeah |
darkmaestro019 |
Nov-27-05 07:40 AM |
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US car design: beaten stupid with an ugly stick in the late 70s |
Voltaire99 |
Nov-27-05 06:23 PM |
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bah humbug! |
salin |
Nov-26-05 11:47 AM |
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You will be VERY happy - just got mine a few months ago... |
MadisonProgressive |
Nov-27-05 03:56 PM |
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Glad to hear you are so pleased... |
salin |
Nov-27-05 08:38 PM |
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This is BS--taxing those of us who are helping the environment |
benny05 |
Nov-28-05 05:35 AM |
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The government wants to tax its enemies ... |
Nihil |
Nov-28-05 10:37 AM |
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How very republican. n/t |
snippy |
Nov-26-05 11:49 AM |
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Fuck the GOP Oil Barons! |
stepnw1f |
Nov-26-05 11:56 AM |
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Another idea: |
fshrink |
Nov-26-05 01:36 PM |
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What if we drive in reverse? Will they pay us? n/t |
rucky |
Nov-26-05 02:31 PM |
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about the dumbest thing i've heard from the pigs... |
lakeguy |
Nov-26-05 02:34 PM |
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taxing fuel efficient cars ???? |
HuffleClaw |
Nov-26-05 02:38 PM |
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let people 'trade' tax credits based on desired fuel economy... |
salin |
Nov-26-05 04:01 PM |
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There already are tax credits for SUVs and Hummers |
Taverner |
Nov-27-05 11:12 AM |
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*** Of course there are tax credits for SUV's *** |
mojowork_n |
Nov-28-05 01:00 PM |
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How about ... |
Wise Doubter |
Nov-26-05 03:03 PM |
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That works better |
twaddler01 |
Nov-26-05 03:17 PM |
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How about this... |
twaddler01 |
Nov-26-05 03:17 PM |
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Just when I thought the RW couldn't be any more stupid. |
Disturbed |
Nov-26-05 05:05 PM |
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God! I bet the taxes would be indeed out of sight on a car |
0007 |
Nov-26-05 05:11 PM |
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Hey y'all - you gotta think about if from the PNACer's point of view! |
ConcernedCanuk |
Nov-26-05 07:05 PM |
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So, they want to discourage people from fuel economy? |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-26-05 08:29 PM |
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this proves to me they want Americans to pay gas taxes and |
lovuian |
Nov-26-05 09:15 PM |
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Now that idea is pure pugville. Tax the fuel efficint care and their |
MasonJar |
Nov-26-05 10:32 PM |
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Why don't they single out the Urban Assault Vehicles for taxation?! |
Hekate |
Nov-26-05 10:55 PM |
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I dread dropping off my daughter at |
LibDemAlways |
Nov-27-05 10:00 PM |
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I drive a 2005 |
Macman44 |
Nov-28-05 01:30 PM |
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After some little kids were creamed at a school pick-up spot |
Hekate |
Nov-28-05 03:49 PM |
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You are right. Those vehicles are downright |
LibDemAlways |
Nov-28-05 04:07 PM |
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They should either raise or index the gas tax. |
Ravy |
Nov-26-05 10:57 PM |
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Tax the living shit out of the wealthiest 1% in this country..... |
Robeson |
Nov-26-05 10:57 PM |
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I am there 100% |
Taverner |
Nov-27-05 11:03 AM |
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My parents still think they got a tax break... |
hraka |
Nov-29-05 03:55 PM |
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That's got my vote! It's an obvious source of lost old revenue, so... |
namvet73 |
Nov-27-05 02:14 PM |
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There's no getting around the fact that the wealthiest Americans |
PinkyisBlue |
Nov-27-05 10:25 PM |
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Which is the proof in the pudding, we live in a plutocracy, and not... |
Robeson |
Nov-27-05 11:56 PM |
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That "correction" should be item 1 on Democrats "Contract for America" |
calipendence |
Nov-29-05 03:44 PM |
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Tax the goddam oil companies. |
slybacon9 |
Nov-27-05 01:04 AM |
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The bastards would just pass it off to the consumer - guaranteed! |
MadisonProgressive |
Nov-27-05 04:01 PM |
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This would be an outrageous state attack on an oil substitute. |
madmark |
Nov-27-05 11:41 AM |
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This could be a huge PR blunder for them. |
Oregonian |
Nov-27-05 11:44 AM |
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Well, that will encourage people to buy fuel efficient cars. |
Cleita |
Nov-27-05 01:10 PM |
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Bingo! This is one way of the oil barons undermining |
happydreams |
Nov-27-05 07:12 PM |
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didn't find much trouble in getting billions for Iraq - what about roads! |
savemefromdumbya |
Nov-27-05 02:04 PM |
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That's insane. Tax SUVs. And Hummers double. |
warrens |
Nov-27-05 02:38 PM |
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Tax and spend repubs strike again!! This pisses me off to no end. |
jasmeel |
Nov-27-05 03:01 PM |
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Few people that want to get reelected will vote for this |
MadisonProgressive |
Nov-27-05 04:03 PM |
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wouldn't want to Tax the OIL companies who are making record profits |
NIGHT TRIPPER |
Nov-27-05 07:23 PM |
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Punish the Energy Reponsible...Another part of GW's Clear Skies Initiative |
EndElectoral |
Nov-27-05 08:05 PM |
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Are they mad?! |
AndyS40 |
Nov-27-05 08:28 PM |
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i wish the articles |
MalachiConstant |
Nov-27-05 09:11 PM |
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Tax is being proposed by |
DebbieCDC |
Nov-28-05 03:30 PM |
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that's too bad, |
MalachiConstant |
Nov-28-05 05:55 PM |
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:mad: |
jsamuel |
Nov-27-05 10:28 PM |
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Only in Bu$hitCo's Bizzarro Republi-fascists world would Hummers ... |
FighttheFuture |
Nov-27-05 10:41 PM |
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Yup, If you needed any more proof the oil Barron's had control |
Sentinel Chicken |
Nov-28-05 06:27 AM |
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Penalty tax against conservation! Yeah this makes sense under this |
lonestarnot |
Nov-28-05 07:44 AM |
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They are ALL effing crooks |
nolabels |
Nov-28-05 09:28 AM |
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WOW LOL and OMG all together |
underpants |
Nov-28-05 09:31 AM |
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END THE FUCKING WAR |
LSK |
Nov-28-05 10:31 AM |
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That's the truth. Taxing hybrids is not the answer. nm |
texpatriot2004 |
Nov-28-05 12:17 PM |
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I second that.... |
bleedingheart |
Nov-28-05 12:22 PM |
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Simply the stupidest, most self-fucking defeating proposal in history |
DainBramaged |
Nov-28-05 12:19 PM |
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In the movie Key Largo when somebody asked mobster |
happydreams |
Nov-28-05 05:42 PM |
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I think I hear the sound of environmental terrorist |
screembloodymurder |
Nov-28-05 01:49 PM |
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Ug... |
Realityhack |
Nov-28-05 05:58 PM |
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Because RWers do not drive environmentally friendly vehicles |
zbdent |
Nov-29-05 08:41 AM |
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for the record |
mojowork_n |
Nov-29-05 04:41 PM |
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Maybe this was already said, but tax by fuel efficiency |
hraka |
Nov-29-05 03:23 PM |
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Bottom of article mentions inflation indexing gas tax...logical |
elsiesummers |
Nov-29-05 04:44 PM |
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I think that is the problem: There are 5 million ways to fix the problem |
jsamuel |
Nov-29-05 04:48 PM |
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The only suggestion I've heard |
fujiyama |
Nov-30-05 04:10 AM |
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