WE have to pay for the stimulus package anyway, so why not start now?If we raise the tax on each gallon of gasoline so the price of gas is $2.00 per gallon, we could generate 18 billion dollars annually (at 2007 usage levels), according to some sources.
Four dollars seemed to be the tipping point to lower gas usage, so two dollars won't seem so bad.
If the actual price (before the raise) reaches two dollars, we would need a new bill to continue the tax.
Keeping the price falsely inflated would keep alternative fuels as a viable option.
In the long run, it could help US.
If we raise the price of a stamp to fifty cents, it's a nice round number, who will notice?
It's just easier to remember the price of a stamp. What is it now, 42... 43 cents?
Seven extra cents won't break anybody, but it would raise billions for our government.
I know it sounds counter intuitive -
If we raise the prices, we benefit.
I think people would be down for it if they saw that it would solve anything. In Kalifornia they told us the Lottery would help the schools then the state cut back on the funding for the schools because the lottery money was helping. I think most people feel the government won't solve anything so why should they sacrifice when the politicians won't solve the problem. We all know it will work and we all know it makes sense but we also all know or feel if we gave the government more money they would f*ck it up and in the end we would just have higher gas and higher stamps and nothing will have changed at all.
ReplyDeleteYep, and here lies the problem - an inept government.
ReplyDeletegas is already over $2.00 a gallon in CA,, so this would not be workable here...
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