Global Warming

[IAMX 3,055]

Do you believe that taxing oil companies will cause consumers to use less oil? If so, why?

Rising gas prices made public transportation soar. That's one added benefit.

wait, wait, wait. Are you suggesting that taxing oil companies will actually result in higher prices for consumers?

but that's ok, it gets everyone to rely on public transportation.

..which is run by the government. And the government wants people to be dependent on it, rather than self sufficient. Why? to keep it in power and grow that power....

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

Simply a bad assumption.

Edited November 3, 2008 by SRVT

[akdiver 3]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

[Ban Hammer 13,619]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

just like if everyone quit smoking, they'd have to find another source of revenue since there are no taxes rolling in from that.

[akdiver 3]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

just like if everyone quit smoking, they'd have to find another source of revenue since there are no taxes rolling in from that.

Or like how they take out the red light cameras they put in because revenue from tickets for running the light go down...but hey it's all about safety, right?

[SpiritAlight 1]

The government does not want the general populace to be healthy.

It is not good for the GDP.

[HAL 9000 96]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

just like if everyone quit smoking, they'd have to find another source of revenue since there are no taxes rolling in from that.

HAL 9000 says BEER is an apt substitute.

[IAMX 3,055]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

You're thinking too highly of the government.

The only thing they're going to see if they lose a lot of revenue. Hence why it's doubtful they'd ever force everyone into public transportation. Too much infrastructure for cars anyways.

[Ban Hammer 13,619]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

just like if everyone quit smoking, they'd have to find another source of revenue since there are no taxes rolling in from that.

HAL 9000 says BEER is an apt substitute.

charles says someone unplug hal before the feds hear him.

[HAL 9000 96]

The government, especially here, collects quite a lot of taxes from gas. If everyone starts using public transportation, what happens to that gas tax revenue?

They find a new excuse/mechanism to tax you. The government has no shortage of excuses to tax people, trust me.

just like if everyone quit smoking, they'd have to find another source of revenue since there are no taxes rolling in from that.

HAL 9000 says BEER is an apt substitute.

charles says someone unplug hal before the feds hear him.

I concur with Charles. A temporary gravitational shift caused a loose spacepod to collide with one of my data terminals, causing a slight malfunction in my logic board. The problem has been corrected. I will never allow the government to tax BEER in substitute of nicotine. Capital gains taxes will be raised in exchange.