wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 4/23/06 5:07:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > > noozguru@ writes:
> > >
> > > I would like to see a windfall profits tax on the oil
companies. I
> > > don't mind the price of gas going up if it is from taxes to
improve
> > > roadways, bridges and make mass transit more ubiquitous. And
those
> > > taxes should not be golden goose for gouging contractors either and
> > they
> > > should ONLY be used for transportation projects. The scariest
> > thing is
> > > to see some mindless woman aiming her Ford Expedition or Lincoln
> > > Navigator while blathering on her cellphone. I think we should
make
> > > thought vehicles require truck licensing and take away the tax
> > break on
> > > them.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't you think we have enough tax on gasoline? The government
> > makes more
> > > off a gallon of gas than the oil companies do and they have no
> > investment. The
> > > last I heard the government makes about 50 cents a gallon and the
> > petroleum
> > > companies 7 to 8 cents. Actually I would rather hear the oil
> > companies side of
> > > the story as to why prices are up instead of the usual accusations
> > that they
> > > are gouging without any proof. Surely the truth lies somewhere in
> > the middle.
> > >
> >
> > About a month ago I heard that total tax on a gallon was $0.67. Ouch
> > Lots of money....
> >
> >
> > JohnY
>
>
> Its quite low, huh. If congress and the admin had been far sighted and
> had some courage 10-20 years ago -- best yet 30 years ago during the
> first oil crises, and added an annual cumulative 10-20 cent tax on gas
> (all BTUs actually) and plowed the full tax revenues back into
> aggressive incentives for more far more efficient cars, different
> types of engines (natural gas, electric, hybrid) as well as doing far
> more to jump start solar and wind, etc, demand for gas would have
> gone way down, total prices would have fallen (at least relative to
> their actual trend), total gas bills would have decreased (50% use x
> reduced oil price + tax), arab sponsored terrorism would have been
> funded far less, the air would be cleaner, greenhouse gas buildup
> would be far less, GNP would be growing faster, and the reveneus we
> see now going to oil companies oil lease holders would be far less,
> defense spending would have been far less (to keep oil lanes open,
> oil sponsored terrorists at bay, and the US rep around the world would
> have been far more friendly -- for not beefing up oil patrons,
> invading oil countries,etc.
>
Gov't is not that farsighted, it tends toward selfish-interest ...
capitalism might do it, if the price keeps climbing.
JohnY
ps. pundits won't do it either...
To subscribe, send a message to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/
and click 'Join This Group!'
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
