Originally Posted by BonzoAPD
You realize that Kerry wants to add a 50cent/gallon tax on gas if he gets elected don't you :dunno:
Actually, I would welcome that. See... here's the problem... our tax money is already GOING to gasoline production, making it artificially cheap here in the US. The reason they pay the equivalent of $6+ per gallon in Europe isn't because they're getting better gas or it's more scarce there... they're paying the actual price. The government is giving "welfare", if you will, to the oil companies to keep the prices low. Yes... you pay corporate welfare all the time, and you'd be surprised to know that it sucks up far more money than all of the single black mothers combines. Back on topic, the gasoline tax would help limit consumption of gasoline AND SUVs...
And it's a fair tax. Those who buy bigger, more gas consuming cars and drive more tend to be people with more money. Those with less money tend to drive smaller cars and use mass transit more. Those who pollute the air and clog the roads have to pay a preponderance of the tax, while those who impact less pay less. Logical, no?
Originally Posted by antarius
Now now, be fair. That's not entirely true.
What is true is that Kerry has, on multiple occasions, voted for a $0.50 per gallon gas tax in the past. Whether or not he supports that now is a different story, and you know with Kerry - it very well could have changed.
In any case, it's not entirely fair to say that he *will add* that tax if he gets elected... at this point anyway. Maybe he'll say something that will point us in that direction, but as of now I think that's a broad assumption.
That said, is there really anyway to know what Kerry is going to do in office? The guy changes his mind so often and is lacking core beliefs in such a way that it scares me to think that he'd have the worlds most powerful military and nuclear arsenal at his fingertips.
Better that than a single-minded man who ignores the facts and charges blindly forward with personal vendettas...