[tx_eggman]

Taxes of some form are a necessary evil, and gas taxes have the virtue of correcting negative externalities

Yeah, that's the solution, let's use the tax code to modify people's behavior ... works every time.

[ThinkDifferent]

Yeah, that's the solution, let's use the tax code to modify people's behavior ... works every time.

Yes, all taxes modify people's behavior. (Remember the Laffer curve?) When used for social engineering schemes that's usually a bad thing, but when used to counteract negative externalities it can be good. There should be no dispute that there are huge negative externalities involved in oil consumption; not just environmental effects, but the costs of being dependent on terrorist-infested hellholes for our energy supply.

[John O]

I agree with you. I was going to make the same points but you beat me to everything.

(I feel like the gun-nut guy in police academy who misses the gunplay at the end)

[Spirited]

Amen.
Your tagline is a real nugget.