dumpster56
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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what the prince does with the money is not a reflection on us; actually, by comparison i'd guess his investment makes us look better.Sorry we are just fools.
Are you not taking a cross country trip this summer?
You know just sayin..
and washington could take that $3/gal and build an even taller tower !
why would you assume the funds would be wisely spent? we are speaking of gov't, yes?
An additional $3 tax on fuel will hurt the poor who are having it tough making ends meet. I don't think that is your goal? At $4 per gallon of diesel, my wife and I will spend about $8,500 on fuel for our 40' motorhome this year. With an additional $3, we would be at $15,000. We bought a MH to drive. BTW we also drive a SUV.
At what point will you drive considerably less. As long as fuel is available ie...long gas lines, the price is irrelevant to many, many people.
Dave
newguy888,
I don't share your thoughts. OIL is everywhere, lets drill for it!
Dave
That would be a great idea, how bout off the east coast, Florida through a reindeer's HEAD!!! But special interest groups will stop drilling in all of those places. Nope not until you are waiting in a gasoline line for fuel will things change, which will be sooner than later. What good will the beaches of the east coast be if there is no gasoline for people to put in their cars to get there?
The answers to some of the U.S's fuel problems are
-HEMP as an alternate fuel
-new president appointing Ralph Nader or Willie Nelson as the new Enegry Sec.
GOD BLESS US ALL
Wags wags wags uh these?? God help us all!! Nadar?? Egomaniac, if the guy was worth anything he would have run for some office other than the president!! Has done little to help anyone. Willie nelson, and hemp? Maybe willie and a doobie!!
I was just throwing Willie and Ralph out there. They can't do any worse then the previous Sec.'s of Energy and the current adminstration's energy policy.
At least Willie would have an energy policy (current adminstration - NONE)in which we would grow HEMP as a crop and use it for energy, clothing, paper and for medical use.
Hempcar.org-Pollution: Petrol vs Hemp
GOD BLESS US ALL
An additional $3 tax on fuel will hurt the poor who are having it tough making ends meet. I don't think that is your goal? At $4 per gallon of diesel, my wife and I will spend about $8,500 on fuel for our 40' motorhome this year. With an additional $3, we would be at $15,000. We bought a MH to drive. BTW we also drive a SUV.
At what point will you drive considerably less. As long as fuel is available ie...long gas lines, the price is irrelevant to many, many people.
Dave
The answers to some of the U.S's fuel problems are
-HEMP as an alternate fuel
If you are concerned about the poor, would you support a $3 per gallon tax if it were directly tied to an FIT credit? $3 per gallon of crude converts to a $3,000 per person credit on your FIT return. Most poor people would make a profit on that.
I've got nothing against you driving a motorhome or me driving a car, but I do think we should pay all the national security, economic security, and environmental costs of the oil we use. American foreign policy for 50 years has been impacted by our desire to assure a reliable flow of cheap oil so gas is plentiful and cheap in the US. That foreign policy has cost both dollars and lives. We've also put the US economy at risk to spikes in prices or dips in supply.
I'm not sure if $3 is the right price to offset that, but I'm sure that $0 is too low.
I'll make it easier........show me ONE time the US govt got involved in the private sector and made a meaningful effect? I love Congress parading all the oil CEOs on the Hill yesterday? Do you think that was productive, or just grandstanding?? And bottom line, it's NOT going to change the price of gas........