the sin tax. Cafe tax I think? It cost more taxes to
by a wagon than an eight-mile-a-gallon SUV or keep the
SUV's of the parkways on LI! If there trucks they
should have to use the LIE. That'll fix them :)
Don't forget this is a big country and supplies are
mainly trucked around the country. You tax the
trucker�s fuel also and that'll raise prices of goods.
-sm
--- Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sam,
> Actually, I would follow a policy of steady,
> predictable increases in oil
> taxes. This would create a market for more energy
> efficient vehicles, etc.
> And is perhaps one of the only ways to reduce our
> dependence on foreign energy
> sources.
>
> Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:08 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Economists: Both Plans Flawed
>
>
> I thought Europe and Asia paid the same per barrel
> for
> oil as the US but taxed the hell out of it.
> Which reminds me of Gruss' hero Paul O'Neill
> wanting
> to add a $10 per barrel tax on oil.
>
> -sm
>
> --- Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >But the country must do a better job of finding
> > >alternative energy sources and conserving: "We
> need
> > to
> > >wean away from OPEC oil for the economy and for
> > >national security reasons," Sohn said.
> >
> > I agree with almost everything that was written
> > although I do feel that the
> > policies that will be implemented if Kerry were
> > President would be more
> > effective. I'm largely basing that statement
> that
> > the Republican Congress
> > would control/balance a Democratic President,
> > something they were unwilling
> > or unable to do while Bush was in the White
> House.
> >
> > The part that I disagree with is the paragraph I
> > copied. Weaning away from
> > OPEC oil wouldn't substantially have a major
> price
> > impact. We have to get
> > that oil from some place. And even if we got
> that
> > oil from a non-OPEC
> > contry like Russia; supply and demand would
> dictate
> > that oil prices are
> > going to go up.
> >
> > Imagine this scenario. The US purchases a 100%
> of
> > foreign oil from
> > Russa. OPEC countries have a supply disruption.
> > Other countries like
> > China that depend on OPEC oil are going to drive
> up
> > the price of oil in the
> > open market. They will turn to Russia and other
> > OPEC countries and offer
> > more money for said oil. Now China is buying
> more
> > Russian oil which
> > increases the price for oil for the US. And
> this
> > price increase doesn't
> > even factor in the larger quantity that OPEC
> > outputs.
> >
> > OPEC, despite their many blunders and cartel
> like
> > regime, is a very very
> > powerful institution. This highlights the
> > importance of crude oil. I used
> > to live in London and Asia but have spent the
> last
> > 13 years in America. I
> > visited Asia last winter and even though I knew
> gas
> > prices were ridicules
> > in the rest of the world, I was still shocked.
> I
> > was shocked how expensive
> > it was. I was shocked that they sold it in
> liters.
> > I buy Diet Coke in
> > liters, not gas.
> >
> > The god damn stock market has been moving lock
> in
> > step with crude oil
> > prices. This is driving me mad.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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