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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Ah, Leslie, farmers don't pay tax on diesel for tractors.  Increasing taxes 
won't hurt them in the least.

And that would be my point about the trucking industry which is a major 
waste of fuel.  If you look around the countryside you'll see old 
off-loading platforms all over the place on the rail lines.  They are all 
now defunct because of the gas hungry trucking industry.  The day of the 
trucker is fast approaching a realistic demise.  Trucks should be used for 
short haul only!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>


Near a city? Not a chance - I'm in the camp that they are going to be much 
more dangerous places.

I already drive a 100mpg scooter.... I haven't found a vehicle that gets 
more than that. I think I'm already doing my part, much more so than the 
city folks. And I'm an expert horseman, push come to shove.

Government subsidy? Not a chance.... I think most of government should be 
lined up and sh*t....

The point was that increasing taxes on fuel will hurt rural people. Not only 
in their personal transportationg needs. Most farmers still use tractors to 
farm food for the city folks. And transportation of food to the city folks 
still requires fuel, much of it by truck from farms to rail. Farmers also 
need to have supplies to grow food delivered to them by trucks. 
(Fertilizers, seeds, etc.)

Forget the homesteading aspects of farming for this conversation.... as city 
folks aren't producing food in their highrise condos... and require food 
from food producers (a/k/a farmers).

Maybe what the government should do is ONLY raise fuel tax on folks who are 
either living in a city, or not producing food.......so that the farmers can 
still get the city folks food at a reasonable price.