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Originally Posted by RedDevil
A gas tax won't stop people from buying gas, they'll just get a bit smarter about it. Countries that have high gas taxes function just as well as countries that don't - actually, much better in general.
Nordic countries have an extremely high tax on alcohol, but it does not stop them drinking, nor did their economy collapse; quite the contrary.
Tax money does not disappear... The government pays its bills with it.
Don't pay tax, then live with the problems eternal debt brings.
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In Dr.Wysessions energy lecture,his take on more expensive fuel outside the USA,had to do with other nations attempting to reflect the actual societal cost of fuel at the pump,whereas,in the United States,we'd leave off all the externalities and pay unicorn,voodoo-economics,fairy tale prices,and just kick the can down the road as far as climate goes.
And as retired CIA's Chalmers Johnson's trilogy points out, Al Qaeda and ISIS are merely blow-back,in response to Americans imposing their filth by trespassing on the rest of the world via the atmosphere and other pathways.