[Moneyguy1]

Cerg:

Therein lies the problem. Your description of your automotive lifestyle is very self-centered. Multiply that by millions across the country and you have a passel of fuel being burned that would not be if such vehicles were more efficient.

What that does, is utilize an increasingly scarce resource and drive up the price (remember supply and demand) for everyone, including me, and I resent that.

Before you get your shorts in a twist, our car is a VW Passat. roomy, comfortable, and gets relatively good gas mileage. I left the need for a big showy vehicle behind me in the first fuel crunch of the 70s and have never looked back. I do not need to impress anyone, and if I require building materials, having them delivered is a heck of a lot cheaper than hauling around three tons of vehicle for the 99% of the time I do not need it. For example, 7 ton of river rock with a delivery charge of $19. Which brings up another point. There is a huge difference between "need" and "want" and most of the "me first" generation cannot or will not see the difference.

As a financial planner, I would have to guess that your income is quite high since, as a rule, only those with the mostest seem to grouse about the "gumment" to that extent.

Do I like taxes? Not especially. But until someone can come up with a way of paying for the services that the private sector cannot or will not provide such as nice roads for your Cayenne, I see no alternative. And, we are still taxed less than many other countries.

No offense, just a bit tired of the "me first" attitude.