>Let's make gasoline absolutely free.
Kaltreiniger, a diesel substitute, is due to be sold at one cent per litre plus 47 cent tax. That's relatively free, but absolute good news for TDI drivers.
http://www.isi-umwelttechnik.de/Kaltreiniger.htm http://www.wdr.de/themen/verkehr/strasse/kaltreiniger_statt_diesel/ http://www.wdr.de/cgi-bin/mkram?rtsp://ras01.wdr.de//online/verkehr/strasse/kaltreiniger.rm
Best of all: This solution is in accordance with both DeLong's good sense and Heartfield's categorical imperative. And 98 per cent tax per unit is a good starting point for demonstrating the Tuxian non-simplistic argument for tax simplification in relation to indirect taxes.
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