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Budget and Taxes Do you feel that raising taxes will help solve the debt of the United States? Are you a fan of Reaganomics?

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Old 08-08-2005, 09:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds
One of my favorite sites, howstuffworks.com

http://money.howstuffworks.com/gas-price2.htm

"Federal excise taxes are 18.4 cents per gallon, and state excise taxes average 20 cents per gallon."



Source: U.S. Department of Energy

That is a great stat/chart. The point is we could have easily bumped that up to 30 cents federal tax back in the 90's and been just fine. Countries in Europe are still paying closer to 4-6 dollars a gallon and have been for a while. We are spoiled rotten... we could be using taxes on gasoline to pay for many crucially needed social programs.
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What about set prices? Would that do anything?
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Old 08-09-2005, 02:52 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 08-09-2005, 05:15 PM   #15 (permalink)
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heres a car that is too big too be needed by anyone. THE F-250. that car should not exist.
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Old 08-09-2005, 06:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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There are a lot more cars that people drive that are unnecessarily large. Yukon, Suburban, I could go on and on....
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the yukon and suburban are family cars and they actually look good unlike the F-250.
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I don't care if they look good or not...they are way too big and waste way too much gas. Plus, half the families that have them don't need them in actuality.
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if i were to get a car it would most likely be a muscle car or an SUV. im sorry but "thats just the way it is"-- tupac and the dude he stole those lyrics and that song from.
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Not a wise decision with the ever increasing prices...
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