[Anyone] Carbon Tax on the Poor?

[Thos Myers]

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> Horroars!
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> If the tax described below comes to fruition, this means that
> people at the lower end of the economic spectrum, i.e., those who
> for economic reasons drive elderly cars and trucks with less than
> optimal fuel mileage, will be taxed at a frightful rate just to get around!

My 1964 Dodge Dart got 22 mpg.  1966 Plymouth Valiant got about the same.
My mid-90's Honda coupe gets 40 mpg in town and 50 mpg on the road.
There would be adjustments made for low income po' folk with incentives to
get vehicles with better mileage. The carbon tax for the poor would be
picked up by the manufacturers since they resist any improvements.










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> Who thought this frightful idea up?
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> Is this a Dick Cheney tax designed to drive the po' foax off to Mexico?
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> Did the originator ever compare the carbon saved in mileage to
> the carbon expended in mining, transporting, smelting, melting, casting,
> stamping, painting, etc., any new vehicle, even one that runs on carrot juice,
> as differentiated from driving an old vehicle to one's low-wage job and back?
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> Big Brother is watching you!
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> Cheers,
> John McL.
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> Tom Myers wrote:
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> > there is a rumor going about that there will soon be a carbon tax on all vehicles that get under 25
> > mpg: it will be a $100 per mpg under 25.  For your Chevy's that comes out to $1800.00 each and
> > payable each month.
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