A new energy bill that is passing through the senate this morning recently had the nearly 13 billion dollars in taxes dropped from them this morning. This new bill was intended to increase the fuel economy of U.S. cars and trucks from 35% to 40% by 2020. These taxes were originally intended by Democrats to the federal government make up the estimated 3 billion it will use beucase of the increased fuel efficiency .
While I am not a Conservative who thinks trying to help the environment is not a bad thing, i most certainly am a conservative who thinks raising taxes is.
The thing many Americans do not realize is that no businesses or corporation pays taxes. WE the consumer, pay taxes. Every tax that the government levies on a business is then reflected in the final price, the price that you and me pay. Do any of you think having to pay and extra $1.00 to a $1.50 extra a gallon on fuel is going to helping the avergae persons pocketbook?
Democrats always claim to speak for the little guy who needs a helping hand. If this is the case, raising my gas prices are not going to help me, and they are not going to help the millions of Americans who have to fill up there gas tank in order to live their lives. Instead of raising my taxes, why not make some budget cuts. As much money as the federal government wastes, I am sure they can make the cut somewhere.
Good Job Senate Republicans!!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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actually some economists support a gas tax because
"One reason for embracing a tax over, say, tightening the Corporate Automobile Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is that a tax unleashes the power of the market rather than relying on bureaucratic rulemaking. The price of gas goes up. Consumers then decide how to spend their money rather than Congressional barons and high-paid petro- and auto-lobbyists negotiating over minimum mileage standards, truck weights, or any of the other controversial issues that dog CAFE"
Whether they support or it not, my problem is gas prices are high enough with market forces acting on there own. Now Democrats want a to make the prices higher? That just does not sound good to me.
Remember, Rational Self Interest tells me, higher prices suck
"higher prices suck" in the short-term... to your rational self interested you.
This is obliviously long-term, when we talk about finding substitutes.
Who says that "gas prices are high enough with market forces acting on there own"?
Some could argue that they aren't high enough obviously because we don't have any substitutes.
But you act as if there is some number and we have now reached it. What is the basis of this claim?
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