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**Seiblybiozy** · 01-23-2007, 05:31 PM

Taxes result in dead weight too, you don't seem to understand, you're paying for that gas no matter what. The only difference is that if you pay at the pump price elasticity forces some of the cost onto the company.

I understand, but I also know that consumers would not spend as much as gas prices go up.
Not to mention the families who would be forced to pay more for fuel and home heating up front instead of the smaller percentage taking from them in tax.

01-23-2007, 05:31 PM	#27
Seiblybiozy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 587 Senior Member	Taxes result in dead weight too, you don't seem to understand, you're paying for that gas no matter what. The only difference is that if you pay at the pump price elasticity forces some of the cost onto the company. I understand, but I also know that consumers would not spend as much as gas prices go up. Not to mention the families who would be forced to pay more for fuel and home heating up front instead of the smaller percentage taking from them in tax.
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