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lostinacause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 04:05 PM
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20. I don't know if we would be better off now. It is possible that the
lower growth rates could have had a negative effect when compounded throughout the years. With this being said it is likely that American consumers don't pay for the costs associated with driving in their gas tax. If this is the case then the tax should be raised.

Regarding the regulation on light trucks; I do agree with you. Standards should have been adopted such as they were with cars.

I don’t believe that it would have been advantageous to increase the tax to the level Europe is at. The trends have said that the prices are eventually going to increase. All that was necessary was to plan accordingly early enough. Steps that are being taken now should have been taken 5 years ago.
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