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Old 08-18-2017, 03:44 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
It hurts the poor the most. It's not just their individual car, food and other necessity prices will go up as well. But just look at the car.
You give back subsidies and lower taxes to the lower and middle class from the revenue that is collected.
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What other way do you propose that we get people to be responsible to the future generations and quit buying huge SUV's? And transition to a lower carbon footprint? If not through a carbon tax. At the fuel pump. And right at the ground.
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All of Europe is at $1.50/ Liter or more and the USA is $0.70.
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Gasoline prices around the world, 14-Aug-2017 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com
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