From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 04:02:39 MST
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
>--- Lee Corbin <lcorbin@tsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> You have mentioned this intriguing hypothesis before. But
>> if the worldwide price of oil fell following resumption
>> of Iraq's fields to full production, then countries financing
>> their welfare schemes through gas taxes could, I would think,
>> simply turn to their constituents and proclaim that although
>> the sales price was going down, taxes needed to be raised to
>> compensate. What's wrong with that?
>
>Nothing is wrong with it, though I believe that many common folk in
>France and Germany would react strongly against double digit hikes in
>gas taxes.
I can confirm this. European taxes on gas are high, and people are more or
less accustomed to this. But a 0.5% tax raise is enough for first-page
national news, and nationwide complaining.
Ciao,
Alfio
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