Green insincerity

Cian cian_oconnor at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Mar 21 15:09:00 PST 2002


--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> And who is going to impose that tax? And what would
> their motive be? (By
> motive I don't mean what their motive should be but
> what the motive of
> someone in the position to impose the tax would be>)

Its never going to happen, but (as a highly taxed Brit) I think that petrol in the US is way too cheap, given the costs to the environment, declining reserves, etc. Hell I live in London, owning a car doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I can't even drive.

James' challenge is silly. Similar populist arguments have been used to claim that Americans don't really want socialised medicine either. I mean if they did, surely they'd do something about it, right?

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