[artplumber]

Originally posted by Jamie79SC
Peter,
...It appears that people are willing to pay more than they do for gas.

Because they are willing to pay more for gas, like it or not eventually they will.

Rather paying more to the oil companies, and foreign owners of oil, instead confiscate that extra money in the form of taxes. I’m not suggesting that we tax to reduce consumption. I’m suggesting that you could add a tax to fuel just to the point of reducing consumption.

Then invest that money to eventually reduce the economic demand for oil.

OK, I get that people are willing to pay more for gas thing, but the paragraph re:taxes you say both not tax to reduce consumption, and tax just to the point of reducing consumption (which seems like just semantics), and then ...the tie-in to the military in the ME. Sorry if I'm being too concrete here, but I'm not seeing the association.