[fennway4414]

Originally Posted by takeahnase

I was talking of Germany.

Before you were talking about our government, I don't remember what you said though.

[wvboy]

I don't trust politicians either. Most politicians are lawyers, enough said. I do vote though. I try to pick the candidate that will suck the least.

[ratman201]

Originally Posted by takeahnase

I agree. But the automobile lobby is a bit too strong here for anything along those lines to work.

Plus, it would be very difficult to net the benefits generated via car production (income) and consumption ("utility") with the environmental costs of production (this part is difficult) and consumption (this can be done).

Tak, does the tax revenue generated by automobile/gasoline taxes go directly toward funding R&D in new energy tech and or infastructure?
Part of my gripe in about it in the US is that taxes in almost every instance are placed in the general fund and never actually used to sove the underlying problem the tax was meant to "fix".

[takeahnase]

G2g, guest have arrived. Have a nice day all.

wvboy: barut is a lawyer (soon), so maybe not all is lost.

[ratman201]

Damnit I demand my question about German taxes be answered!

[Chaos Mitten]

Originally Posted by takeahnase

I agree. But the automobile lobby is a bit too strong here for anything along those lines to work.

Plus, it would be very difficult to net the benefits generated via car production (income) and consumption ("utility") with the environmental costs of production (this part is difficult) and consumption (this can be done).

Economists are supposed to be able to figure out stuff like that. You are worthless.

[Chaos Mitten]

Originally Posted by takeahnase

G2g, guest have arrived. Have a nice day all.

wvboy: barut is a lawyer (soon), so maybe not all is lost.

Is "guest" a German euphemism for Thai hooker?

[takeahnase]

Originally Posted by ratman201

Tak, does the tax revenue generated by automobile/gasoline taxes go directly toward funding R&D in new energy tech and or infastructure?
Part of my gripe in about it in the US is that taxes in almost every instance are placed in the general fund and never actually used to sove the underlying problem the tax was meant to "fix".

No. By law, taxes are always general purpose. But this is semantics, you could use a different kind of levy, the proceeds of which could be used for the purposes you mentioned. But then, the taxes in question try to fix an allocative inefficiency and can work towards that goal, irrespective of how the tax money is spent. Using the tax money for the same purpose would just help the issue to a greater degree. Really g2g, cya.

[takeahnase]

Originally Posted by Chaos Mitten

Is "guest" a German euphemism for Thai hooker?

I wish.

[vince89]

Bye tak