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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!sun-barr!ames!pacbell.com!pbhye!mjvande
  2. From: mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
  3. Newsgroups: ba.transportation
  4. Subject: Re: Cars as "something better"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec30.001702.12598@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
  6. Date: 30 Dec 92 00:17:02 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec22.010427.3994@Veritas.COM> <1992Dec22.024038.27783@s1.gov> <1992Dec22.174859.22395@pbhya.PacBell.COM> <1992Dec29.033541.8679@homespace.mtview.ca.us>
  8. Reply-To: mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
  9. Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
  10. Lines: 9
  11.  
  12. >I read in the Murky news that gas tax is about 30 cents per gallon,
  13. >but that 5 of those cents go straight to the general fund.  So, in
  14. >California, car drivers not only pay their own way.  They also 
  15. >subsidize the general fund.
  16.  
  17. Conclusion doesn't follow from premises. They pay PART of their way.
  18. And it's not called a "subsidy" when you are paying for damage that
  19. you are doing. Taking with the left hand, & giving back (partially)
  20. with the right hand.
  21.