[lbo-talk] discreet charms of transportation apartheid

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 13:14:38 PDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:


> I'm surprised no one has mentioned gasoline taxes (which I'm also
> against, for much the same reasons). Or that I limited extra taxes on
> inefficient cars to just NEW cars and not older ones -- because poor
> people often can't buy new cars, and new cars that don't meet minimum
> standards are often expensive ones. I'm saying that if we're not
> careful, the war on greenhouse gasses will easily become a war on
> poverty, and not the good kind.

Maybe we're paying more attention than you think.

-- Andy



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