AB 1058 Anti-SUV bill clone passes in CA

Hegh Hewitt | 2002/07/01 | Hugh Hewitt

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

You need to check and see exactly what percentage of our oil we get from the middle east. I

25% or 1/4. If we could live without that 25%, we would have told them to screw off a long time ago.

[saminfl]

I think it is closer to 6 percent.

[alaskanfan]

we're not going to have a delivery system to get to the lower 48, any time soon.

We've had that system in place since the mid 70s.

[arm958]

That price probably consists of very high taxes and does not reflect the true cost of production and delivery. Since that is the case, do you want people to be taxed excessively if they drive SUVs?

I would love to see a 100% tax (minimum) on gasoline, with a corresponding reduction in other Federal tax revenue (income tax, etc.). If that means that the price at the pump goes up, so be it; It will go up for those who drive mopeds and for those who drive SUVs. I do not like the fact that the money I pay at the pump finds its way to hundreds of Islamic schools across the Middle East that teach children to hate and kill Americans.

Would I consider such a tax excessive? Hell no. What is your childrens' future worth?

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

We've had that system in place since the mid 70s.

Then why does most of it go to Japan???

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

I think it is closer to 6 percent.

If that were true, we would have already told them off.

[arm958]

I think it is closer to 6 percent.

The latest figures show that about 29% of our imported oil comes from the Persian Gulf. About 55% of our oil is imported, so far more than 6% must come from the middle east.

Lets say 17% comes from the middle east (that figure is probaly accurate plus or minus 3 percentage points). It wouldn't take a great deal of effort to wean ourselves from middle east oil. However, those who claim that driving their big fat asses around by themselves in big fat gas sucking vehicles is a right given to them by God will have to suck it up. We're at war. No sympathy.

[biblewonk]

I will drive what I want/(can afford), else next you will be telling me what I have to eat. What church to attend..........

Do you feel that your freedoms are that threatened by the existance of traffic laws, license, registration and an insurance requirement? You should be protesting that you have to drive at a limited speed. I think Rush and Detroit have a hook in your mouth. Both Rush and Detroit have you making goofy comparisons to freedom to go to church and "I have a right to drive what ever I want". Baaaaaa

[alaskanfan]

we're not going to have a delivery system to get to the lower 48, any time soon.

I'm sorry. Perhaps you misunderstood me. I was meerly disputing your remark concerning the lack of a delivery system to the lower 48.

[martin gibson]

That's their ultimate goal.

No, the ultimate goal is for you and I to share one forty watt bulb (per household), a rice bowl and a bicycle.

[Schatze]

A rice bowl? I think they'd prefer it if we ate a more politically correct food, such as tofu or alfalfa sprouts.

Gag.