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Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]
Well, go back and look at the article you linked to. Clearly the stance of the environmentalists in that article is pro-regulation, silent on gas tax. Why is that? Why did you start this thread by saying this is a fantastic idea, yet you didn’t say anything about a gas tax?
And what about my question? What is the advantage of regulation over gas tax? If you can’t answer that, then why are you and so many others shouting for regulation, but keeping quiet on a gas tax? Please answer the question.
XBoxBoy[/quote]
I’m in favor of both regulation and a gas tax. Personally, I don’t use that much gas. Gas prices could quadruple and I would barely notice. I think we need regulation to encourage manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles and a gas tax to entice consumes to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I couldn’t find an official stance from the Sierra Club (one of the environmental groups listed in the article), but this article indicates that the Sierra Club has supported gas taxes in the past:
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]
Well, go back and look at the article you linked to. Clearly the stance of the environmentalists in that article is pro-regulation, silent on gas tax. Why is that? Why did you start this thread by saying this is a fantastic idea, yet you didn’t say anything about a gas tax?
And what about my question? What is the advantage of regulation over gas tax? If you can’t answer that, then why are you and so many others shouting for regulation, but keeping quiet on a gas tax? Please answer the question.
XBoxBoy[/quote]
I’m in favor of both regulation and a gas tax. Personally, I don’t use that much gas. Gas prices could quadruple and I would barely notice. I think we need regulation to encourage manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles and a gas tax to entice consumes to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I couldn’t find an official stance from the Sierra Club (one of the environmental groups listed in the article), but this article indicates that the Sierra Club has supported gas taxes in the past:
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]
Well, go back and look at the article you linked to. Clearly the stance of the environmentalists in that article is pro-regulation, silent on gas tax. Why is that? Why did you start this thread by saying this is a fantastic idea, yet you didn’t say anything about a gas tax?
And what about my question? What is the advantage of regulation over gas tax? If you can’t answer that, then why are you and so many others shouting for regulation, but keeping quiet on a gas tax? Please answer the question.
XBoxBoy[/quote]
I’m in favor of both regulation and a gas tax. Personally, I don’t use that much gas. Gas prices could quadruple and I would barely notice. I think we need regulation to encourage manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles and a gas tax to entice consumes to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I couldn’t find an official stance from the Sierra Club (one of the environmental groups listed in the article), but this article indicates that the Sierra Club has supported gas taxes in the past:
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]
Well, go back and look at the article you linked to. Clearly the stance of the environmentalists in that article is pro-regulation, silent on gas tax. Why is that? Why did you start this thread by saying this is a fantastic idea, yet you didn’t say anything about a gas tax?
And what about my question? What is the advantage of regulation over gas tax? If you can’t answer that, then why are you and so many others shouting for regulation, but keeping quiet on a gas tax? Please answer the question.
XBoxBoy[/quote]
I’m in favor of both regulation and a gas tax. Personally, I don’t use that much gas. Gas prices could quadruple and I would barely notice. I think we need regulation to encourage manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles and a gas tax to entice consumes to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I couldn’t find an official stance from the Sierra Club (one of the environmental groups listed in the article), but this article indicates that the Sierra Club has supported gas taxes in the past:
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]BigGovernmentIsGood,
Can you tell us what is the advantage of passing a regulation rather than taxing gasoline at higher rates? It would seem to me that regulation always has loop holes, and corporations will do only the very minimum to sneak by the regulation. Whereas taxing gasoline means that consumers would actively choose fuel efficient cars over poor efficiency cars, plus your big government would get lots of tax dollars. (Which it desperately needs) So, why are you and the other environmental groups always so gung ho for regulation but never mention or support increasing taxes on gasoline?
XBoxBoy[/quote]
Who are these environmentalists that are opposed to high gas taxes? I certainly don’t know of any.
Maybe an even better idea would be to add a sales surtax to gas guzzlers and a subsidy to high-mpg vehicles. I’m thinking maybe a 50% sales surtax on SUVs and other gas guzzlers that some deficient people need to drive in order not to feel like pansies. On the other end of the spectrum, high-mpg cars that get over 40 mpg would receive a sliding subsidy that tops out at 50% for cars that effectively average 100 mpg.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]BigGovernmentIsGood,
Can you tell us what is the advantage of passing a regulation rather than taxing gasoline at higher rates? It would seem to me that regulation always has loop holes, and corporations will do only the very minimum to sneak by the regulation. Whereas taxing gasoline means that consumers would actively choose fuel efficient cars over poor efficiency cars, plus your big government would get lots of tax dollars. (Which it desperately needs) So, why are you and the other environmental groups always so gung ho for regulation but never mention or support increasing taxes on gasoline?
XBoxBoy[/quote]
Who are these environmentalists that are opposed to high gas taxes? I certainly don’t know of any.
Maybe an even better idea would be to add a sales surtax to gas guzzlers and a subsidy to high-mpg vehicles. I’m thinking maybe a 50% sales surtax on SUVs and other gas guzzlers that some deficient people need to drive in order not to feel like pansies. On the other end of the spectrum, high-mpg cars that get over 40 mpg would receive a sliding subsidy that tops out at 50% for cars that effectively average 100 mpg.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]BigGovernmentIsGood,
Can you tell us what is the advantage of passing a regulation rather than taxing gasoline at higher rates? It would seem to me that regulation always has loop holes, and corporations will do only the very minimum to sneak by the regulation. Whereas taxing gasoline means that consumers would actively choose fuel efficient cars over poor efficiency cars, plus your big government would get lots of tax dollars. (Which it desperately needs) So, why are you and the other environmental groups always so gung ho for regulation but never mention or support increasing taxes on gasoline?
XBoxBoy[/quote]
Who are these environmentalists that are opposed to high gas taxes? I certainly don’t know of any.
Maybe an even better idea would be to add a sales surtax to gas guzzlers and a subsidy to high-mpg vehicles. I’m thinking maybe a 50% sales surtax on SUVs and other gas guzzlers that some deficient people need to drive in order not to feel like pansies. On the other end of the spectrum, high-mpg cars that get over 40 mpg would receive a sliding subsidy that tops out at 50% for cars that effectively average 100 mpg.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]BigGovernmentIsGood,
Can you tell us what is the advantage of passing a regulation rather than taxing gasoline at higher rates? It would seem to me that regulation always has loop holes, and corporations will do only the very minimum to sneak by the regulation. Whereas taxing gasoline means that consumers would actively choose fuel efficient cars over poor efficiency cars, plus your big government would get lots of tax dollars. (Which it desperately needs) So, why are you and the other environmental groups always so gung ho for regulation but never mention or support increasing taxes on gasoline?
XBoxBoy[/quote]
Who are these environmentalists that are opposed to high gas taxes? I certainly don’t know of any.
Maybe an even better idea would be to add a sales surtax to gas guzzlers and a subsidy to high-mpg vehicles. I’m thinking maybe a 50% sales surtax on SUVs and other gas guzzlers that some deficient people need to drive in order not to feel like pansies. On the other end of the spectrum, high-mpg cars that get over 40 mpg would receive a sliding subsidy that tops out at 50% for cars that effectively average 100 mpg.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]BigGovernmentIsGood,
Can you tell us what is the advantage of passing a regulation rather than taxing gasoline at higher rates? It would seem to me that regulation always has loop holes, and corporations will do only the very minimum to sneak by the regulation. Whereas taxing gasoline means that consumers would actively choose fuel efficient cars over poor efficiency cars, plus your big government would get lots of tax dollars. (Which it desperately needs) So, why are you and the other environmental groups always so gung ho for regulation but never mention or support increasing taxes on gasoline?
XBoxBoy[/quote]
Who are these environmentalists that are opposed to high gas taxes? I certainly don’t know of any.
Maybe an even better idea would be to add a sales surtax to gas guzzlers and a subsidy to high-mpg vehicles. I’m thinking maybe a 50% sales surtax on SUVs and other gas guzzlers that some deficient people need to drive in order not to feel like pansies. On the other end of the spectrum, high-mpg cars that get over 40 mpg would receive a sliding subsidy that tops out at 50% for cars that effectively average 100 mpg.
September 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM in reply to: PEW RESEARCH: Walking Away – A Third of Public Says It’s Sometimes OK for Homeowners to Stop Making Mortgage Payments #607134ParticipantA mortgage is just a contract. If the buyer breaks the contract by choosing to stop making payments, then, per the contract, the bank can take the house back.
There shouldn’t be any morality considerations that come into play in regards to a mortgage. It should be strictly a business decision as to whether one chooses to walk away. It’s no different than when real estate developers walk away from underwater developments. It happens all the time.
September 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM in reply to: PEW RESEARCH: Walking Away – A Third of Public Says It’s Sometimes OK for Homeowners to Stop Making Mortgage Payments #607222ParticipantA mortgage is just a contract. If the buyer breaks the contract by choosing to stop making payments, then, per the contract, the bank can take the house back.
There shouldn’t be any morality considerations that come into play in regards to a mortgage. It should be strictly a business decision as to whether one chooses to walk away. It’s no different than when real estate developers walk away from underwater developments. It happens all the time.
September 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM in reply to: PEW RESEARCH: Walking Away – A Third of Public Says It’s Sometimes OK for Homeowners to Stop Making Mortgage Payments #607777ParticipantA mortgage is just a contract. If the buyer breaks the contract by choosing to stop making payments, then, per the contract, the bank can take the house back.
There shouldn’t be any morality considerations that come into play in regards to a mortgage. It should be strictly a business decision as to whether one chooses to walk away. It’s no different than when real estate developers walk away from underwater developments. It happens all the time.
September 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM in reply to: PEW RESEARCH: Walking Away – A Third of Public Says It’s Sometimes OK for Homeowners to Stop Making Mortgage Payments #607885ParticipantA mortgage is just a contract. If the buyer breaks the contract by choosing to stop making payments, then, per the contract, the bank can take the house back.
There shouldn’t be any morality considerations that come into play in regards to a mortgage. It should be strictly a business decision as to whether one chooses to walk away. It’s no different than when real estate developers walk away from underwater developments. It happens all the time.
September 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM in reply to: PEW RESEARCH: Walking Away – A Third of Public Says It’s Sometimes OK for Homeowners to Stop Making Mortgage Payments #608202ParticipantA mortgage is just a contract. If the buyer breaks the contract by choosing to stop making payments, then, per the contract, the bank can take the house back.
There shouldn’t be any morality considerations that come into play in regards to a mortgage. It should be strictly a business decision as to whether one chooses to walk away. It’s no different than when real estate developers walk away from underwater developments. It happens all the time.
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