it would be smart to know what fuel taxes are relative to other states. PA is number 3 and Cali is highest and deliveries are still made. https://taxfoundation.org/state-gas-tax-rates-2021/
Why Biden? Because Fuck You that's why. Barack Obama has a Grammy, an Emmy, a Nobel Prize, 2 terms as President and a Twitter account.
Donald Trump has 2 impeachments.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
I'll actually give Democrats respect here (raising the gas tax) for backing up their rhetoric. If you really believe climate change is an existential threat then higher gas prices is an important part of dealing with it. It forces more people out of their cars and forces dealers to build more fuel efficient cars.
Of course the higher prices hurt the poor and working class but that's the trade off. And in some of the big urban areas they refuse to build more housing thus forcing people (usually those with less money) to live further away from their jobs and having to pay even more in the cost of gas for their longer commutes. So those on the lower end of the economic spectrum get fvcked but again, it's the trade off.
I don't think choking the average, especially the poor consumer with rising prices can have any benefit. When fuel prices rise, everything rises.
When I started working at the food service co, there was no fuel surcharge. They added on, not on the truck as a whole, but to every customer.
I'm not a tree hugger and I own a car that gets terrible gas mileage that I love to drive on nice days. High-test ain't cheap and neither are the additives.
I can see your point, to an extent, but I think fuel taxes are too painful to the average consumer. Hell, they've gone up .50c a gal. since Biden took over.
Yeah, I know it's forcing some out of the city. They are building a development above me and now I get all
the water runoff in my yard. They cut down the woods next to me. I'm thinking on moving further into farm
country, and I already live there now!
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Same way with their “proposed study on a mileage tax” that will almost inevitably lead to them levying such a tax on citizens. It definitely would adversely affect the poor…and very specifically the rural poor. My dad isn’t poor. He is 90 and receives retirement from 2 different jobs, plus his SS. But I know others like him who are not as well taken care of as he is, financially. Dad drives 150 mile round trip to the doctor (VA hospital and clinic) for his various check ups a few times a month. He has one next Tuesday. Dad can afford a per mile tax. He would be mad about it and complain about having to pay it, but he could afford it with no hardship. His peers and several that are 20 years younger than him (you know, those young 70 year old kids) cannot. At least it would be a hardship on them.
Point being, so often when proposals are made to tax consumer goods or services, the poor are the ones who get the short end of the stick.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not in favor of higher gas taxes nor do I think they are good economics. But if one claims climate change is an existential threat and should be our number one priority then raising the cost of gas would be consistent with wanting to deal with it (negative economic results be damned).
Haha, your presence probably made the City folks move out to your area!
Why Biden? Because Fuck You that's why. Barack Obama has a Grammy, an Emmy, a Nobel Prize, 2 terms as President and a Twitter account.
Donald Trump has 2 impeachments.
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A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
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