The left says 'Gas is too cheap!'
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The left says 'Gas is too cheap!'
| Tue, 12-02-2008 - 7:39pm |
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081111/NEWS/811110322&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
http://www.loudouncountytraffic.com/2008/02/state-senate-votes-to-increase-gas-tax.html
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/proposal_to_increase_state_gas.html
And yes, Michigan too is wanting to raise taxes on gas.

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Yes, it's too cheap. We'll start resuming sloppy habits of energy consumption (SUV sales rates are already on the rise again) and our energy demands will start escalating again--at which point, prices which have been downwardly mobile, will reverse the trend.
Does anybody remember July? Does anybody really want to be subjected to another cycle of daily increases in fuel?
I'm tired of having my strings pulled by OPEC, short-sighted and greedy "leaders" in the U.S., and oil industry fatcats/sycophants. Time to put a REAL cost on the price of fuel.
If you own a company and incorporated under Chapter S*, those taxes could well be in line and not outlandish at all. And if that's the case, portraying the tax tab as the burden of a family of four would be more than a little misleading.
*If a corporation qualifies for S status with the IRS, it is taxed like a partnership; the corporation is not taxed, but the income flows through to shareholders who report the income on their individual returns.
Consider. Your earlier post said "some people are poor" as the group to consider with negative behaviors. The wording was NOT that "some poor people" are lazy, shiftless, fill in the blank. It could easily be construed from the post that you believe people are poor (an indefinite percentage of the overall population which we'll just call "some") BECAUSE they are slothful and freeloading.
Clear wording is essential to full understanding of another's thoughts.
Last, but not least, it seems to me that many conservatives equate "affluent" with "good"; and "poor" with negative traits. And many of those conservatives claim to be Christians. Guess they didn't know or understand Jesus' comparison of a rich man entering heaven to a camel passing through the eye of a needle. Nor do they recall the story of the widow's mite. Big disconnect there.
Instead, greed is god/good. So much for the "moral" majority!
Okay...one more time...this is the EXACT quote from me:
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SOME people drop out of school. SOME people turn to drugs and alcohol. SOME people get pregnant too young and don't marry the father. SOME people get young girls pregnant and don't own up to their responsibilities as a father.
These are SOME but not all of the reasons of poverty.
Not EVERY poor person is poor because of incredible bad luck. Not every rich person is rich because they somehow did nothing and the money fell into their lap.
That being said, please quit twisting what I said in my original post to make it seem like I said something I didn't. I never said poor people are freeloading or slothful....it was you that said that. Nice try, though.
>Not EVERY poor person is poor because of incredible bad luck. Not every rich person is rich because they somehow did nothing and the money fell into their lap. <
Of course, but it is easier to make money when you have money, just like it is easier to find a job when you already have one. If one is born into poverty, it is that much harder to climb out of it. If one is born, perhaps not rich, but definitely well off, it is that much easier to get rich.
Heck, making good grades, staying out of trouble, and working hard are no guarantee you'll be able to get a decent job that pays a living wage either.
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