However, you could put more emphasis on compensatory policy advice. Now everybody thinks, extra tax means extra burden, even those people who are just driving an average amount. But it is not about increasing the overall tax burden, so you could present ideas, how to give the money back to the people, so that people who drive less than average could even benefit. This might increase the acceptance among those who are skeptical up to now.
Another issue is of course, why only tax gas, why not heating oil as well? Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
Indeed, establishing the system on the rationale of helping low and moderated income households cope with rising gas prices puts the system in place for addressing regressive impacts of a carbon cap and auction system.
And by having funds that can be used to subsidize public transport ticket makes it much easier for public transport authorities to sell travel passes rather than per trip tickets, for a reduction in ticketing costs and ticketing time overheads. This is especially important given that there will still be need to resort to substantial reliance on electric trolley buses at the bottom level of the transport hierarchy in a policy to establish a network of infill suburban villages amongst the suburban sprawl. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
And many recipients prefer the cards to food stamps per se for the reason cited above ... they reduce the stigma of using food assistance. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
If we get there, then yes, the case can be made that there are strong reasons to go even further, and instead of subsidizing the auto transport system as we do today, shift that to subsidizing public transport instead.
But as an across the board principle, a level playing field would be such a step forward for public transport in the US, that I'm happy to focus on that at present. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
So I would say: 'The anglo-saxon press badmouths continental Europe as a business location', but I really have no good feeling for idiomatic English. Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
"Trash talks the European economy" ... hmmm ...
... I guess in consideration for the pommies, badmouths is probably better. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
