WILL CONGRESS TRY TO FOLLOW THE EUROPEAN MODEL FOR SOLVING FUEL CRRISIS?

Impact of fuel tax.INSTEAD OF BUILDING MORE REFINERIES AND EXPLORING FOR MORE OIL UNDERNEATH THE SEA AND IN THE EUROPEAN GROUND. the Europeans HAVE BECOME DEPENDENT UPON THE "RUSSIAN BEAR" TO SUPPLY THEM OIL, GAS AND NATURAL GAS. AND THEY ARE USING PUNITIVE TAXES TO ATTEMPT TO CUT DOWN ON FUEL CONSUMPTION.

You would think that benevolent Socialist bureaucrats would have more concern for the people in the lower income brackets. The wealthy will complain but still buy the high priced fuel to run their Mercedes, Volvos and Jaguars. But the "little guy" will have to choose between buying food for his family and buying gas for his car, and the choice will in most cases be the food.
Unfortunately food prices have, and will continue to, sky rocket because food grains are being used for bio-fuels in a vain effort to reduce CO2 emissions.


The Ecologists in Europe have decided that the way to reduce consumption is to support the politicians raising of the tax on fuels. This quote from the London Telegraph details the opinions of Jos Dings, Head of Transport and Energy, a coalition of European Environmental NGO's.
"The single most effective measure that has brought down motorists' fuel use in Europe, however, is taxation", says Dings.

On average, 60 percent of the price European drivers pay at the pump goes to their governments in taxes.

In Britain, the government takes 75 percent, and raises taxes by 5 percent above inflation every year (though it has forgone this year's rise in view of rocketing oil prices, and the French government has promised tax rebates this year to taxi drivers, truckers, fishermen, and others who depend heavily on gasoline.) On August 8, for example, the price of gas in the US, without taxes, would be $2.17, instead of $2.56; in Britain, it would be $1.97, instead of $6.06.

"There is really good evidence that higher prices reduce traffic," says Stephen Glaister, a professor of transportation at London's Imperial College. "If fuel prices go up 10 percent ... fuel consumed goes down by about 7 percent, as people start to use fuel more efficiently, not accelerating so aggressively and switching to more fuel-efficient cars. It does change people's behavior."

It may change peoples behavior in Great Britain and Europe, but in this Country, if the price of fuel keeps rising, those who have to drive because of the poor public transportation in most states, will force people to forgo food stuffs and the buying of clothing to pay for the fuel needed to get them to work.

The Center For Michigan has an article that includes the left wing attitude toward taxation and fuel economy as seen in this quote.
"The US authorities, however, "are unwilling to use resource price as part of their strategy" to conserve oil, says Lee Schipper, head of transportation research at the Washington-based World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank.

"The biggest hole in our policy today is fuel taxation," he adds. "Tax increases are something Americans should do but don't know how to do, and I wonder if they will ever be able to".

Elect Obama and maintain the Democrats control of Congress and I promise you the taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will go up as will all other taxes. The Democrats cannot and will not operate their welfare state on a low tax basis. Get ready for the tax steamroller if Obama is elected!