Fuel tax could be replaced with by-the-mile road tax

[TDMVPDPOY]

thats d up if ur traveling 1hr to work or a regular on highways logging big kms to work and back....

at least self employed/contractors can claim deductions, but what about the regular office worker.....

[Marcus Bryant]

Could any of the people on these boards calling out 'lefties' for supporting this, please show where any of the board lefties are supporting this?

Anyone?

This would be yet another example of a government action with no popular support which nonetheless comes into existence as "our" public representatives put on their kneepads and lipstick for their corporate or bureaucratic masters.

[Winehole23]

Chapstick.

*Kneepads and chapstick* was my received version.

[Winehole23]

Amplified:

By the case

.

[Winehole23]

Many men are too demure for lipstick.

[DarrinS]

The government knows what's best for us, so this is a great idea that should'nt be questioned.

[Winehole23]

Hey, D.

[Winehole23]

Don't ever change.

[SonOfAGun]

Winehole's been hittin' the bottle again!

[Winehole23]

Who said I ever stopped?

[jack sommerset]

ha... I'm actually interviewing for an internship at DHS next week : p

speaking of dumb mother ers

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Sure! I'm down for that.

On a side note, I think it's interesting that no one on the boards thinks this is a good idea.

i was bored and did and quick search. being that this administration likes the european way....

BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported. Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.
The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.
Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.



http://en.rian.ru/world/20070403/62999935.html






truth is stranger than fiction, huh lnggrrrr?

[coyotes_geek]

The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters

Hilarious. How much CO2 does that helicopter put out?

[whottt]

I've actually got no problem with this except for the fact that it only taxes automobiles. Flight and really all travel commercial or private should be taxed and the more costly, in terms of fuel consumption per trip, the mode of travel, the higher the tax should be...in fact I'm pretty sure that wealthy liberals will get to contrbitue to "wealth redistribution" to their hearts content under this concept.

[Spursmania]

I don't need any more bad news. I'm getting sick already with the new taxes coming. Where does it end?

[Wild Cobra]

I don't need any more bad news. I'm getting sick already with the new taxes coming. Where does it end?

It will end when the liberals in congress think they've repressed this nation enough.

[Marcus Bryant]

i was bored and did and quick search. being that this administration likes the european way....

BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported. Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.
The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.
Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070403/62999935.html


truth is stranger than fiction, huh lnggrrrr?

Let's just kill off those who cannot justify their 'carbon footprint.'

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Let's just kill off those who cannot justify their 'carbon footprint.'

that's called the "obama" healthcare plan, i believe................

[ducks]

I don't need any more bad news. I'm getting sick already with the new taxes coming. Where does it end?

when palin is elected and rollsback all the stupid things that get passed

[LnGrrrR]

i was bored and did and quick search. being that this administration likes the european way....

BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported. Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.
The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.
Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.



http://en.rian.ru/world/20070403/62999935.html






truth is stranger than fiction, huh lnggrrrr?

Not when it's a hoax.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070404/63077075.html

Looks like this was a rumor, and was never a bill seriously considered being signed into law. The fact that it said the grills were going to be monitored by HELICOPTERS gave me a clue.

Edit: Additionally, if a law like this made BELGIANS furious, imagine what it would do in America?

[ElNono]

Not when it's a hoax.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070404/63077075.html

Looks like this was a rumor, and was never a bill seriously considered being signed into law. The fact that it said the grills were going to be monitored by HELICOPTERS gave me a clue.

Edit: Additionally, if a law like this made BELGIANS furious, imagine what it would do in America?

You're not supposed to post this. You're supposed to panic and get enraged at them Dems...

[LnGrrrR]

You're not supposed to post this. You're supposed to panic and get enraged at them Dems...

What's great is that it's from the same source, a day later. Also, note that the news article was posted on the 3rd of April... so most likely it came out on April Fool's Day, as the article mentioned.

Again, the idea that they were going to trace carbon emissions with HELICOPTERS seemed a giveaway.

[Winehole23]

i was bored and did and quick search. being that this administration likes the european way....

BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported. Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.

The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.
Scientists believe CO2 emissions are a major cause of global warming.

truth is stranger than fiction, huh lnggrrrr?

State supervision of barbeque fires from helicopters? Not in my country. This would never fly here.

LNGR can always consider buying carbon offsets for his barbecues if it really bothers him.

I will continue to release barbeque smoke into the environment at will and without scruple, in the manner of my Texas countrymen.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Not when it's a hoax.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070404/63077075.html

Looks like this was a rumor, and was never a bill seriously considered being signed into law. The fact that it said the grills were going to be monitored by HELICOPTERS gave me a clue.

Edit: Additionally, if a law like this made BELGIANS furious, imagine what it would do in America?

oh wow. i didn't even pay attention to the date. oh well, i still won't dismiss this as something that won't be used in the future just yet.

[LnGrrrR]

oh wow. i didn't even pay attention to the date. oh well, i still won't dismiss this as something that won't be used in the future just yet.

LnGrrrR 1, Viva 0

Hey, it's cool. We all do that every once in awhile. That's why we have opponents... to double-check our facts for us.