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  1. Newsgroups: co.general
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!ucsu!ucsu.Colorado.EDU!fcrary
  3. From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
  4. Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan21.053429.18943@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
  6. Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: ucsu.colorado.edu
  8. Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
  9. References: <1993Jan19.152719.4379@ncar.ucar.edu> <1jkb1jINN7vn@anthrax.solbourne.com> <1993Jan21.034226.22330@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
  10. Distribution: co
  11. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:34:29 GMT
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  14. In article <1993Jan21.034226.22330@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> crosby@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Matthew Crosby) writes:
  15. >Anyway, the point is that when you go out in your car, you are very heavily
  16. >subsidised--you are driving on extremely expensive roads and putting out ton's
  17. >of pollution, and not paying the cost.
  18.  
  19. I don't suppose you can account for the $40 billion or so the 
  20. government currently takes in from the gas tax? If we are being
  21. subsidised, then clearly they must be spending this money on roads
  22. and gasoline-related pollution measures. I wasn't aware the
  23. EPA and highway programs spent that much... I also seem to recall
  24. paying taxes to the government, in greater proportion (judging
  25. from average driving habits) that I benefit from these
  26. "subsidies" (hint: If I'm paying my share of it in taxes, it isn't
  27. a subsidy.)
  28.  
  29.                                              Frank Crary
  30.                                              CU Boulder
  31.