[lbo-talk] A Case for a Higher Gasoline Tax

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Wed Jan 11 15:43:31 PST 2006


At 4:44 PM -0500 11/1/06, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>There is one silver lining. The poorest of the poor, already
>carless and stuck in cities (which was graphically demonstrated by
>Katrina), can stay put and welcome back businesses and their fellow
>workers.

It doesn't work like that. Market forces will drive up inner-city property values, the poor will be squeezed out all the way to the outer suburbs.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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