If you gasoline consumption indeed doesn't drop, cet. par. you still end up with less money to spend. Should we expect a backlash from other actors of the car industry if taxes were to be raised? The other thing may be that cars allows for the creation of a constituency.. and so any attempt at raising gas taxes may allow you to be undercut electorally. Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine
Smokers are a minority in American society, and political cost of sticking it to them on taxes is fairly low. The thing about people who complain about taxes is that they are most often the least engaged in politics, and the least likely to vote. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
