If you think that is a good you can voluntarily pay an extra dollar to the treasury and have the government pay it back to you annually.
>
>> You mean like all those gas-guzzlers sold by Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and
>> Nissan Ford Chrysler and GM will be clogging our roads again?
>
> Yes... Those too. We need at least a $1 tax per gallon of petroleum
> fuel. All of that money to be immediately refunded in the form of the
> recent "stimulus". Not to be confused with a "stimulus" sent to state
> governments or some kind of government managed program for "clean
> energy". Just a tax on the use of petroleum based fuel -- an excise tax
> with instant rebates where the rebates are not tied to the fuel usage. >
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>>> We could have easily paid for all the "relief" packages being touted
>>> for our three unwanted-auto-makers if the feds had imposed a small,
>>> incrementally-increasing tax on gasoline when the price was $4.00 a >>> gallon.
>>>
>>> Now, with gas at $1.49/gal. in Virginia and other places, we'll witness
>>> again the return of the gas-guzzlers and even more clogged roads. >