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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 11:16 AM Original message |
Could this work in the US? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. "value added tax' is what i think it is called or 'luxery tax'--big |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. VAT (value-added tax) is... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Could it work? Sure, but that initiative would probably get |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why screw around? Tax gasoline at $2 a gallon. nt |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. All fossil fuels should be taxed on carbon content. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The UK already taxes fuel at about $4 a gallon |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The combination of high fuel tax and credits for a baseline usage |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Fuel use in the UK continued to rise despite increases in taxes |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I don't really know, I'm assuming you don't have as many SUVs and trucks, |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-05 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's an excellent and necessary idea, I think. |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. this would be most efficiently done, by states |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The Bush government would crush any state-by-state effort. |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. emmission limits, properly done, are constitutional |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Agreed, but the neocons don't care :-) |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. shrub et al, 'crush states', only where state legislatures fails to act |
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