85 per cent of all journeys by car

[virgil tibbs]

But would not higher fuel costs hit the trucking
industry and hence food costs?  Again hitting middle
class workers (truckers) and all food purchasers?

just asking.....eric

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Max Sawicky wrote:
> 
> >Check the state tax incidence study on the CTJ web
> site
> >www.ctj.org
> 
> So it seems that gas taxes hit the poorest 20% about
> twice as hard as 
> the middle 20% - though the numbers are pretty small
> (e.g., 0.75% of 
> income for the bottom 20% in California, vs. 0.40%
> for the middle 
> 20%). A refundable tax credit could handle this
> easily.
> 
> Doug

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