In article ,
Geoff Welsh wrote:

Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 6/30/13 1:06 PM, . wrote:

The U.S. government keeps increasing the fuel mileage standards, for
example.

As they should.

Why?

To increase the tax revenue from cars that can't meet higher standards.
I would prefer taxing people for having children instead, but that's not
the issue.

So, basically you want a tax system based on punishment for things you
don/t like.
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