http://www.residualforces.com/2009/03/07/pitchfork-mad-the-travel-tax/ A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and Whatever Pleases His Fancy Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:15:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.residualforces.com/2009/03/07/pitchfork-mad-the-travel-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-43691 J. Ewing Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:47:50 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/?p=6759#comment-43691 So, they tax gasoline by the gallon, and we do what their taxes command-- drive less, and buy smaller cars. Good for my pocketbook, good for "the environment" (so they say), good for less imported oil, yada yada. So having adjusted to all that, they now want to charge me the same to drive my Prius 10 miles to work as they would if I drove my Winnebago? There is a limit to intelligence, certainly, but apparently there is no limit to stupidity. So, they tax gasoline by the gallon, and we do what their taxes command– drive less, and buy smaller cars. Good for my pocketbook, good for “the environment” (so they say), good for less imported oil, yada yada. So having adjusted to all that, they now want to charge me the same to drive my Prius 10 miles to work as they would if I drove my Winnebago? There is a limit to intelligence, certainly, but apparently there is no limit to stupidity.

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