Comments on: A Net-Positive Gas Tax http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-net-positive-gas-tax/ Whiskey and Gunpowder features articles on gold, oil, currencies, emerging markets, energy, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:05:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Critical Response to "A Net-Positive Gas Tax" http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-net-positive-gas-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1866 A Critical Response to "A Net-Positive Gas Tax" Tue, 05 May 2009 05:35:44 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3828#comment-1866 [...] think Dr. George Doddington was eloquent, sincere, and convincing in his March 23rd piece “A Net-Positive Gas Tax” where he supported the immediate implementation of Charles Krauthammer’s “net-zero” [...] [...] think Dr. George Doddington was eloquent, sincere, and convincing in his March 23rd piece “A Net-Positive Gas Tax” where he supported the immediate implementation of Charles Krauthammer’s “net-zero” [...]

]]> By: Ool http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-net-positive-gas-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Ool Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:20:30 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3828#comment-1431 > This will eventually lead to the further deterioration of our free market society into another European-style welfare state. Yeah, and you wouldn’t want to turn into Germany, where people actually get to enjoy vacation time for their work, where there is a working healthcare system, and where at the end of the day there is a trade surplus rather than deficits as far as the eye can see. The horror! (I’m from Germany, in the interest of full disclosure…) > This will eventually lead to the further deterioration of our free market society into another European-style welfare state.

Yeah, and you wouldn’t want to turn into Germany, where people actually get to enjoy vacation time for their work, where there is a working healthcare system, and where at the end of the day there is a trade surplus rather than deficits as far as the eye can see. The horror!

(I’m from Germany, in the interest of full disclosure…)

]]> By: George Doddington http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-net-positive-gas-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 George Doddington Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:52:31 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3828#comment-1410 I think you misunderstood. The rebates go to every household. Same rebate to every household. If you use little gasoline, you win big. If you use lots of gasoline, you lose. (And most of those who use lots of gasoline can well afford it and really don't care.) But you still get your fair share, an equal share, of the excise tax imposed. The truth is that gasoline will once again cost $4 per gallon, then $10, then... We need only wait for declining supply to collide with increasing demand. But by introducing market motivation while allowing choice (not rationing), we can hold back the price longer, motivate the needed innovation faster, and as a side benefit also stimulate the economy by giving a net-positive rebate to those who need it most and who will be most likely to spend it. A nice triple win, I think. Don't you? I think you misunderstood. The rebates go to every household. Same rebate to every household. If you use little gasoline, you win big. If you use lots of gasoline, you lose. (And most of those who use lots of gasoline can well afford it and really don’t care.) But you still get your fair share, an equal share, of the excise tax imposed. The truth is that gasoline will once again cost $4 per gallon, then $10, then… We need only wait for declining supply to collide with increasing demand. But by introducing market motivation while allowing choice (not rationing), we can hold back the price longer, motivate the needed innovation faster, and as a side benefit also stimulate the economy by giving a net-positive rebate to those who need it most and who will be most likely to spend it. A nice triple win, I think. Don’t you?

]]> By: keithp http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/a-net-positive-gas-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 keithp Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:08:50 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3828#comment-1404 Since the "rebates" will only go to lower-income households, this is just another wealth-transfer scheme, taking from those who are most productive in society and giving to those who are not. This will eventually lead to the further deterioration of our free market society into another European-style welfare state. Since the “rebates” will only go to lower-income households, this is just another wealth-transfer scheme, taking from those who are most productive in society and giving to those who are not. This will eventually lead to the further deterioration of our free market society into another European-style welfare state.

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