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Oops, forgot the citation re ga$ taxes paying for seatbelt checkpoints! http://thenewspaper.com/news/17/1767.asp

I think I'm too young for senior moments . . .

I think . . .

What was I thinking?

posted by WriterofLight on May 24, 2007 at 7:18 PM | link to this | reply

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My pleasure! I bet you'd be thrilled to learn that a sizeable chunk of those ga$ taxes are paying for seatbelt checkpoints; see

Two other points re ga$ prices as a barometer of success in Iraq:

For too brief a time in January, ga$ went below $2.00 a galllon here in northwest Ohio, even as violence continued in Iraq. By that indicator, the terrorists should have laid down their arms en masse.
Gas prices vary by nearly a dollar a gallon across the country. Are we winning in Iraq in some areas of the U. S. and losing in others? ??? ???

posted by WriterofLight on May 24, 2007 at 7:16 PM | link to this | reply

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A CAFE standard is supposed to increase highway and city gasoline mileage for American made autos. In other words, all vehicles have to get 25 mpg highway and 20 mpg city by 2010. That's just a hypathetical example.

I don't like to pay federal and state gasoline taxes either but if they're used exclusively for more highway construction and overall road maintenance; I think that it's worth it.

Gasoline and oil prices weren't this high prior to our involvement in Iraq.

Thanks for responding to my article.

All the best,

Wavy Davy

posted by WavyDavy on May 23, 2007 at 6:25 PM | link to this | reply

Overall, good stuff!

A couple of thoughts:

Let's not forget offshore oil resources, nor the potential for oil extraction from oil-bearing shale in Colorado and Utah.
What is a CAFE standard?
I don't think you can use ga$ prices as a barometer of the Iraq situation. Ga$ prices have been increasing independently of oil prices because of the shortage of ga$ against demand, not because of oil prices. Oil went down over a buck a gallon today, yet ga$ added yet another dime a gallon. Why? Memorial day demand.
Even if we use less ga$, we're still getting hosed because of high taxes that are heading higher. See my article at http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight/464108 for discussion.