Idiocy in the government.
A good friend of mine recently sent me this e-mail:
"Further evidence of how messed up our government is...
A recent Department of Commerce report regarding declining highway maintenance budget suggests, amongst other things, a specific tax for hybrid vehicles and small cars to make up for their reduced contribution in gasoline taxes due to higher gas mileage.
Besides begin totally moronic, I wonder if they considered the relative contributions to road wear made by a ~2500lb small car or hybrid vs. a mid-sized SUV at ~4500lb or a full-sized truck at 6000+lb"
Now, wait a minute. With rising gas prices, using up more and more fossil fuels, and becoming more and more aware of the impact our emissions has on the environment, isn't the whole purpose to reduce emissions, increase gas mileage, and ultimately decrease our dependence on fossil fuels? I guess some in the government would have us be punished for doing a good thing. And heck, while we're at it, how about putting a specific tax on those among us who don't even own cars and use public transportation or bicycles to get to where they need to go. They're not contributing anything in gasoline taxes, not to mention not contributing to the smog and dependency on oil we face. I think something needs to be done about them too.
And that's my rant for today.
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I keep waiting for the government to institute a tax like the old French gabelle tax on salt. To sum it up, not only were people required to pay a huge tax on salt, but anyone over age 8 was required to buy a fixed amount of salt per week! It's only a matter of time...
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