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Originally Posted by mineistaken
I can relate to that. I meant more from a government perspective, they are always looking to tax something and somehow they taxed some things that made peoples lives worse than if they had taxed fuel. It is pretty strange that they did not decide to tax it more was my point.
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Originally Posted by nico-t
yes, from a government perspective it's true. I find it even strange they haven't taxed it more in the US, since governments never let a chance go by without squeezing out every last penny from the people.
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speaking as a canadian, it always seemed to me to be a huge political issue in the US. There is a lot of cultural significance attached to 'getting in my car and driving to BLANK'.
raise taxes in the US? sure, its gonna piss off whoever it is who gets the short stick. raises taxes on gas in the US? you just pissed off everybody.
gas was 1.50/L in vancouver last i was there, 1.17 now