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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Wed Dec 5 23:50:44 2018, in response to Re: Paris Riots, posted by AlM on Wed Dec 5 20:40:10 2018. That would have worked if the goal actually was to influence behavior like it said on the tin, instead of a straight up money grab.FWIW Gov Christie tried to do exactly that in NJ - increase the gas tax to pay for transportation while lowering the sales tax to increase economic activity (and provide a reason for people to go to Jersey to replace the low gas prices lure). The Dems refused to play ball until the bill neutered the sales tax decrease to the point where it was unnoticeable (I think it went down .125 percent or something similarly meaningless). Of course, the Dems had good reason to gimp the sales tax cut - their favorite pet programs are funded from the sales tax, whereas the gas tax actually had to go to transportation. |
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