[PRCo] Re: Gazzz

[James B. Holland]

Most recent projections  (Sunday's Chron, I believe)  indicate CA will 
run a budget surplus for several years because the economy has picked 
up, but not uniformly, of course.       Wonder if they forgot to factor 
in loss of gas taxes  --  or maybe we lose less than elsewhere  --  we  
*-may-*  have Less Public Transit Per Head than elsewhere so even with 
auto abandonment by some it doesn't drop tax revenue all that much.



Fred Schneider wrote:
.

> A wonderful scheme for those who own those large land barges. I, on 
> the other hand, can push my car slightly over 30 mpg if I'm careful 
> not to drive too much over 70 miles per hour. And my car doesn't need 
> 12 inches of concrete to support it. I guess that makes me a part of 
> the problem? I don't use enough Texas gasoline?
>
>
>> Fred Schneider wrote:
>>
>>> .......Suggested solutions are to tax people by the miles they drive 
>>> instead of the gasoline consumed, start a campaign to get people to 
>>> drive more and to discourage the use of mass transit.
>>
>> .On Nov 20, 2005, at 9:12 PM, James B. Holland wrote:
>> .
>> That solution has been kicked around for Not A Little While -- some 
>> places thinking more seriously about it than others.
>




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