Every person in the United States does not consume gasoline at the same rate, which is why it makes sense to tax people for their use. If you really understood the free market principles which you claim to advocate, you would agree. How can you support a general tax instead of a user fee?
I'm not supporting either.
I'm saying the Democrats should jump all over this and put it into law as quickly as possible.
Why would anyone think that means I support it?
Taxing gasoline beyond the minimum required to maintain the roads the vehicles that use gasoline are driven on is wrong.
Here's an analogy, which I'm sure will go right over your head: If there are some kids in your neighborhood who are vandalizing people's homes at night, who should be responsible for the cleanup? The kids and their parents, or the entire community?
So you're saying a bunch of kids should pay the gasoline tax? Or are you saying that people who drive cars are kids, or is your analogy metaphorically linking cars and houses and you're suggesting that if we all went RV'ing all the problems we're facing could be gone when we come back home?
Since the entire nation pays expenses related to transportation costs, the entire nation will pay the gasoline tax. Seriously, the Democrats have to rush this into law.
Here's another analogy: If I live in a town where the local chemical plant is dumping its waste products into the reservoir, thus rendering the water undrinkable, who should pay to clean it up? All the taxpayers of the town, or the local chemical plant?
The people upstream who peeed in the water first. Maybe the fish, they pee in water all the time, ya know. I mean, you ever see a fish flush a urinal? I never have.
So, before we expend any more effort here, how about if you make it plain: do you support a major national gasoline tax solely to manipulate the fuel-buying public's vehicle purchases to save GM's sorry ass, or don't you?
That is the reason for the tax in this thread. The rest of us are aware of it. Now you are, too.
You're funny. When you care to address the substance of what I wrote instead of being a pathetic grammar troll, be sure to let me know.
Nope, wasn't correcting grammatic content, was questioning semantic content.
That's the whole point of the gas tax. If Jane feels the pinch, she'll be more likely to move closer to her job, buy a more fuel efficient automobile, and carpool or take public transit to work...thus reducing her gasoline consumption and reducing the amount of money the government needs to spend cleaning up the mess that she's created, in terms of pollution and foreign affairs.
Then why did you suggest that the tax could be offset by monkeying with payroll tax rates? You made that suggestion because I stated the fact that the huge gas tax would crash the economy.
Clearly random mixing and matching of your Payroll Offset with the random commuter would only randomly satisfy the aggreived taxpayer. Which would breed even more resentment, so I agree wholeheartedly the Democrats should incorporate this payroll tax offset to balance the gasoline tax idea fully.