Good reporting. However, when interest rates drop, I have never seen the cost of a car drop. Usually such a drop is when the new models come out or sales are sluggish.
The government has mandated that cars meet a certain gas mileage. In response, local governments raise local gas taxes to make up for lost revenue - including talk of using satellite tracking.
In summary, there is no tax some politician didn’t like. Taxes are like a balloon, squeeze one place and it pops out elsewhere. But if it makes the dreamers happy, have at it.
Yep, I remember during one of our protracted droughts in California, we got so good at conserving water that rates were raised.
Adding a FairTax dollar to the price of a gallon of gas should make enviormentalists happy and do a lot to raise CAFE standards, boost the sale of hybrids, and development of electric cars.
Adding the 30% tax to utilities would encourage more people to convert to solar power.
All legal ways to avoid taxes.