Letters to the Editor
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Tha gas tax is regressive anyway -- shold be done away with or changed
The poorer you are, they more it hurts you. Of course the wealthy educated libereals are sniffing at this idea. The few bucks means much less to them proportionately.
Due to this country's terrible public planning, the poor are now further away from their place of work, lured by the promise of of their own home in a far out exurb. The wealthy in our nation now reside in urban areas, not in suburbs. Suburbs are for the less wealthy, who are beholdent to their automobiles. Over the past 20 years cities have become home to the higher income residents. Europe is a bad example and does not have the sprawl phenomena or lack of public transportation services of the US.
According to the advertising information for Salon.com, most of us here are definitely not in the demographic that needs the 30 bucks the most (read: upscale, educated, urban, liberal). Nor do we live in areas where we need to drive to survive. It seems reflexive to me to just kill this idea with a wave of the hand. Just saying.