This morning on CNBC -- the "Business Network", Michelle Caruso-Cabrera was opining about the cost of oil. She alluded to the price of oil in Europe and stated that gas in Europe has always been high due to "taxes that go to their outdated social programs"! Excuse me! She is bellyaching about what other countries do? Is she saying that countries outside of the U.S. should not make their own decisions? Is she saying that countries outside of the U.S. should do as the U.S. does?? Isn't that what got us into trouble in Iraq? This poor woman needs to educate herself about those "outdated social programs" that she so ignorantly referred to.
First of all, the tax on gasoline is high for many reasons. #1. To encourage people to use public transportation. What a concept!
#2. To keep congestion at a reasonable rate, so that people can get to work.
#3. To help slow down pollution and global warming.
These reasons may seem "outdated" to big-oil apologists at CNBC, but to the rest of the world they are very responsible actions.
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