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- From: freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Message-ID: <Jan21.180407.17863@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:04:07 GMT
- Reply-To: freedman@cs.colostate.edu
- References: <1993Jan21.051549.14684@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article 14684@ucsu.Colorado.EDU, fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
- >In article <Jan20.190138.72275@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> freedman@cs.colostate.edu writes:
- >>Increasing the gas tax would provide extra funds for the government
- >>to put into alternative energy research, newer, more economical and
- >>environmentally friendly mass transit systems, etc....
- >
- >The federal government already spends a great deal too much
- >money, and has a pathetic record of spending money poorly and
- >on worthless things. Once we send all this money to Washington,
- >why do you think it won't just be wasted? If an organization
- >has a history of wastefull spending and debt, I don't think
- >giving them even _more_ money in the hopes that they will
- >suddenly change their ways is a good idea.
- >
- Remember, quite a bit of this money they're wasting is going to
- subsidise our driving habbits. (i.e. oil industry, roads, war,
- etc....)
- Perhaps we should all write our congresspersons and tell
- them that if they raise the gas tax, the proceeds must be earmarked
- for something they currently don't spend money on (that way they
- don't just use creative bookkeeping to divert other money...)
-
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- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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