IMF wants to raise gas tax by 1.40 a gallon

[Lovebears65]

The Wire: OregonLive.com

For the United States, that would require a $1.40 levy per gallon of gas and other fees totaling about $1,170 per person to offset the full cost of fossil fuel use, including "externalities" such as pollution and steps to mitigate the effects of global warming.

 

[OKTexas]

The Wire: OregonLive.com

For the United States, that would require a $1.40 levy per gallon of gas and other fees totaling about $1,170 per person to offset the full cost of fossil fuel use, including "externalities" such as pollution and steps to mitigate the effects of global warming.

Screw'em!

 

[Katzndogz]

That was the whole point of global warming to begin with. If we had intelligent leadership they might see what's happening in Europe with centralized financial structures and get out of the IMF completely.

 

[DiamondDave]

Duh


Everything.. 'global warming', gay marriage, welfare, etc.. it is ALL about more government confiscation leading to more government spending, power, and control... and these environuts, big government progressives, etc just refuse to see it

 

[bripat9643]

The Wire: OregonLive.com

For the United States, that would require a $1.40 levy per gallon of gas and other fees totaling about $1,170 per person to offset the full cost of fossil fuel use, including "externalities" such as pollution and steps to mitigate the effects of global warming.

Anyone in Congress who votes for that is a dead duck.

 

[bripat9643]

Duh


Everything.. 'global warming', gay marriage, welfare, etc.. it is ALL about more government confiscation leading to more government spending, power, and control... and these environuts, big government progressives, etc just refuse to see it

The worst part is that they think they're fooling the rest of us.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

The third world needs our tax dollars !!! Before its toooooooooooo LATE

 

[Meister]

The Wire: OregonLive.com

For the United States, that would require a $1.40 levy per gallon of gas and other fees totaling about $1,170 per person to offset the full cost of fossil fuel use, including "externalities" such as pollution and steps to mitigate the effects of global warming.

How else would we get to that European rate for the price of gas

In 2008, Obama’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that he wanted to ramp up gasoline taxes over the next 15 years until they eventually were consistent with Europe’s rates. “Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe,” he stated clearly.
Energy Sec. Steven Chu Backtracks: ?I No Longer? Want Europe?s High Gas Prices

BS is BS no matter how you package it....it's just redistribution of wealth

 

[g5000]

They guy behind the story in the OP is David Lipton.

You can read his anti-oil subsidy page here: "Energy Subsidy Reform: The Way Forward" Presentation by David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

 

[nitroz]

*stroke*

dump the irf.