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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Raising taxes has never stimulated anything other than anger.
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Of course, the natural path towards stimulaing an economy is to lower taxes.
But, if lowering taxes on a commodity only increases your economy's vulnerability to certain price rises in that commodity, then it is not a wise choice.
I'm talking about a reorientation of the economic model so that oil price rises do not affect it in such a severe way.
Taxes are instruments of incentivising behaviour as well as revenue collection. It's why I pay a lower rate of tax on waste, because I recycle. Same goes for cars.
I never said that tax rises on gasoline
alone would stimulate the economy.
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OPEC is already prepared to create a fair market value for oil at $80.00/barrel.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786456.stm
OPEC will alter output to suit themselves, the same way any cartel does.
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Tax breaks on alternative fuels? Realistically, the hybrid vehicle sister to the standard vehicle does not do much better in mileage yet the consumer is paying close to $10,000.00 more for the hybrid. They can keep the hybrid at the dealer.
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Hybrid ain't the only alternative to petrol. Obviously, manufacturers will have to be convinced to produce these cars, the prospect of them being more financially attractive to the consumer may well do this.
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The automakers need to stop the hysteria of global warming and saving gas
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Global warming is indeed pure rubbish. Saving gas? pfft. go back to college, hippies.
I mean, we can burn anything we want, right?
And it will never stop coming out of the ground, right?
The arctic will freeze up again,
right?
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Sell the frigging things at a price that is reasonable and affordable.
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So you'd be
against tax breaks on these vehicles...why?