Finding new and inventive ways to raise taxes


	Finding new and inventive ways to raise taxes

n2sooners

8-5-2009 1:55 AM

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gas, politics, taxes, vehicles

n2sooners says:

I just wonder how high these taxes will have to be in order to also cover the cost of adding the monitoring equipment to every vehicle in the country and then keep that equipment working (as I suspect it will malfunction frequently...).

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