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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 03:11:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > > I'd like to hear more about the idea of true costs. What would
> > > be included in the true costs of automobile ownership? The cost
> > > of maintaining roads? The cost of pollution?
> >
> > Those and more. Cost of building the roads. True insurance costs[,]
> > True cost of manufacture [for example].
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> Yeah, these prices should all be rolled into the price of fuel.
Actually, that isn't the best way to do it. Why should I pay for your roads
with my lawnmower gas? Ultimately, the best way to apportion the costs for
roads might be a toll system using some kind of ID thing on the car (and such
a system can even be programmed to charge less for off-peak trips). Of course
this would add an element of big brotherism, though if the roads were
privitized (and not just done by one monopolist taking over from another), it
would be harder to track everyone's movements. That could also take care of
insurance fees.
> But, wouldn't
> people freak out if gas went up to $3 per gallon and the prices of all
> non-local goods (like 70% of groceries) rose in price by 30%?
Sure, of course they would be saving a bunch in taxes.
> I'm really sick of people whining about the current gas prices..."Wah, the
> government ought to provide us with free gas...wahh...how could the Clinton
> administration do this to us...wahhhhhh...isn't cheap gas explicitly
> enumerated in the constitution...wahhh...isn't it a god-given right..?"
Especially since our gas is still cheaper than in many other countries.
Interesting question, do their higher gas taxes possibly actually set them up
for better cost apportionment for roads at least, even if in other areas costs
are more hidden?
Frank
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