Except that we would lose millions of jobs during the transition from a personal vehicle society to a mass transit one. One thing I've come to believe is that personal access to transportation is as important to freedom as is the right to bear arms.
It is much easier to track people on trains and planes than it is driving their cars across country. Gary John W. Redelfs wrote: > > John A. English, n/OEF wrote: > >Dear Jim, > > > > Supply would be greater without the Iraq invasion, so prices would be > >lower. Supply/demand would force prices lower. It is also not the end > >of > >the world if we have to just do without cars. We existed before they > >were > >here, we will exist when they are gone. > > I wish there was a way to tax gasoline heavily enough to do away with > income taxes and yet raise the same revenue. With gas at five dollars > per > gallon and up imagine how many people would actually figure in commuting > > costs when they take a job. Public transportation would come into its > own. People would live nearer their work. They would find other ways > to > amuse themselves than by burning recreational gas. But most > importantly, > we could be energy independent. That would mean we wouldn't need to > maintain a military presence all over the globe to protect our > "national" > ie. oil interests. > > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > "I know of nothing in the history of the Church or in the > history of the world to compare with our present > circumstances. Nothing happened in Sodom and > Gomorrah which exceeds the wickedness and depravity > which surrounds us now." --President Boyd K. Packer, > February 28, 2004 > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > Gerald (Gary) Smith geraldsmith@ juno.com http://www.geocities.com/rameumptom ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
