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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 29, 2018 at 4:44 pm (This post was last modified: November 29, 2018 at 4:49 pm by Brian37.)
(November 29, 2018 at 4:02 pm)Losty Wrote:
(November 29, 2018 at 8:33 am)Brian37 Wrote: I hope you are not missing my point. I am not blaming anyone for doing what they need to do as individuals. I am blaming oil companies and governments for not funding clean energy long ago. Nobody is suggesting we stop making transportation, just move away from fossil burning transportation.

Yes, and my point is that taxing gas will hurt the working class

UGGGGGG.....

Only if the greedy oil companies are dicks.

If the tax on one gallon is say 30 cents, and the gallon of gas is $2.70 total with tax for example $3.00, that still means $2.70 goes to the company. You have to stop buying into the crap that the companies cant afford to absorb the tax and pass it down to the consumer. THAT is just greed and blackmail. If the cost of a gallon of gas was $2.70 IN TAX and only 30 cents to the company, then you'd have a right to bitch. 

BUT regardless. Any rise in cost will pale in comparison to continuing to burn fossil fuels. 

Higher prices of anything hurt the working class, I agree. But it gets raised not because the corporations need to always raise prices. It gets raised because they are not competing for consumers, but competing for shareholders. And the MAJORITY of stock holders are already millionaires and billionaires. 

Global corporations DO NOT have to raise prices because of taxes going up. They raise prices because of greed. It is a refusal of the CEOs and shareholders understanding that the labor that makes the stuff they invest in matter too.
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US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 27, 2018 at 9:40 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2018 at 9:42 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 27, 2018 at 9:46 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 27, 2018 at 9:47 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2018 at 9:49 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 27, 2018 at 9:59 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 27, 2018 at 10:03 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Angrboda - November 27, 2018 at 10:05 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Losty - November 28, 2018 at 11:17 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 29, 2018 at 8:33 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 9:01 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 29, 2018 at 9:45 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 9:47 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 29, 2018 at 9:52 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Losty - November 29, 2018 at 4:02 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 29, 2018 at 4:44 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 27, 2018 at 10:21 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Minimalist - November 27, 2018 at 12:17 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 27, 2018 at 12:44 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 27, 2018 at 12:42 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Gwaithmir - November 28, 2018 at 5:35 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 28, 2018 at 5:37 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by ignoramus - November 27, 2018 at 11:16 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by adey67 - November 28, 2018 at 4:23 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Deesse23 - November 29, 2018 at 2:46 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 28, 2018 at 5:35 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Brian37 - November 28, 2018 at 5:53 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 28, 2018 at 7:02 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 28, 2018 at 10:43 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by ignoramus - November 28, 2018 at 11:01 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by AFTT47 - November 29, 2018 at 12:02 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 5:04 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 29, 2018 at 9:18 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 9:34 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 29, 2018 at 10:07 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 10:13 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 29, 2018 at 12:41 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 3:17 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Chad32 - November 29, 2018 at 4:07 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by ReptilianPeon - November 29, 2018 at 9:00 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 29, 2018 at 9:46 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 29, 2018 at 10:16 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Angrboda - November 29, 2018 at 10:41 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 29, 2018 at 10:47 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Angrboda - November 29, 2018 at 10:52 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 29, 2018 at 11:00 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by Deesse23 - November 29, 2018 at 4:24 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 29, 2018 at 4:25 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2018 at 4:45 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by onlinebiker - November 30, 2018 at 9:52 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2018 at 10:25 am
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by ignoramus - November 29, 2018 at 7:19 pm
RE: US - raise the gas tax - by The Grand Nudger - November 30, 2018 at 9:54 am

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