Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Michigan Congressman Wants 50-Cent Tax Hike on Every Gallon of Gas.
A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every
gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans' consumption.
Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce
greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it's a different
story.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., wants to help cut consumption with a gas tax but
some don't agree with the idea, according to a new poll by the National
Center for Public Policy Research.
The poll, scheduled to be released on Thursday, shows 48 percent don't
support paying even a penny more, 28 percent would pay up to 50 cents more,
10 percent would pay more than 50 cents and 8 percent would pay more than a
dollar.
"I don't want to pay more, I don't think anyone wants to," said Karen
Deacon, a motorist.
"I think that wouldn't make any sense," said Frankie Hoe, a motorist. "Ugh
... who's making the money from all this and where is that money going? Is
it going to go green? I don't see any green things anywhere."
The automobile is the nation's biggest polluter; Americans use more gas than
the next 20 countries combined.
Some environmentalists and economists say pain at the pump may be bad for
Americans, but good medicine for a sick planet.
But others say it wouldn't change much. Even if Americans abandoned their
cars, global emissions would fall by less than one percent.
"A tax on gas is a way to reduce dependence on import oil, reduce traffic
congrestion and reduce carbon emissions," said Lester Brown, president of
the Earth Policy Institute.
The Earth Policy Institute proposes raising the gas tax 30 cents per gallon
each year over a decade and offset with a reduction of income taxes, Brown
said.
David Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy
Research, said the proposal wouldn't help long term.
"I think when you are talking about raising gas prices, there may be
short-term reduction, put off vacations, but bottom line is over long term,
that isn't going to have much of an effect," Ridenour said.
While Dingell's idea will likely lie dormant until after the 2008 election,
the idea of carbon taxes is not. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John
McCain all support some type of system that either directly or indirectly
will raise prices to penalize polluters.
FOX News' William La Jeunesse contributed to this report.
When is enough going to be enough. Everytime i turn around, our greedy politicians want more and more of our money. So add this to the devalued dollar that we have (that government refuses to make real changes on), and we will end up having $10 a week to live off of, after the government get done with it.
I don't know about you, but i think its time to turn the clock back to where they used to Tar and Feather the politicians that didn't represent the people fairly.
VIVA LIBERTY!
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