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Taxing mileage a 'practical option' for revenue enhancement

Binky said:
I'm sure one day the gov't will tax us every time we use toilet tissue and/or have sex.
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Will? Haven't you heard about the TP and copulation tax? It's in the bill along with the exhalation tax.
 
Binky said:
I'm sure one day the gov't will tax us every time we use toilet tissue and/or have sex.
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use the toilet and have sex :shock:
 
ptif219 said:
I only use my laptop when I am parked. I see what driving and texting does.
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????? Did that one get posted in the wrong thread, by any chance?

I'm trying to picture what kind of a "laptop" would be involved in the discussion above, and how driving and texting might be a part of it. Talk about multi tasking!

Kind of messy, though.
 
ptif219 said:
So they want us to pay more for driving less? Better idea is to balance the budget and spend less
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Don't bring logic into a debate with environmentalists and politicians.
 
ptif219 said:
So they want us to pay more for driving less? Better idea is to balance the budget and spend less
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Well, considering that gas use is RESPONSIBLE for a certain amount of government expenditures, taxing it (and thereby reducing consumption) *is* one way to balance the budget and spend less. It will help reduce spending because if people aren't using as much gas, we won't need to spend as much on environmental cleanup, military power in the Middle East, highway maintenance, or oil-driven economic fluctuations...among other things. And to the extent that we DO need to spend money on those things, a gas tax will help balance the budget by raising revenue to pay for them.

It makes sense to have a gas tax in place. When possible, it's a good idea to tax people for the externalities they create, instead of having society as a whole absorb them.
 
Amazed said:
No, this only exposes the stupidity of the Progressive Agenda..they are far different.
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Many conservative economists have supported a gasoline tax, including Milton Friedman, Arthur Laffer, and Gregory Mankiw.
 
Kandahar said:
Well, considering that gas use is RESPONSIBLE for a certain amount of government expenditures, taxing it (and thereby reducing consumption) *is* one way to balance the budget and spend less. It will help reduce spending because if people aren't using as much gas, we won't need to spend as much on environmental cleanup, military power in the Middle East, highway maintenance, or oil-driven economic fluctuations...among other things. And to the extent that we DO need to spend money on those things, a gas tax will help balance the budget by raising revenue to pay for them.

It makes sense to have a gas tax in place. When possible, it's a good idea to tax people for the externalities they create, instead of having society as a whole absorb them.
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Wrong, you are seeing it is making for less money coming in so they are looking for a way to make it up
 
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