tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post114040130721350985..comments2023-10-31T02:02:10.136-07:00Comments on Immodest Proposals: A Rose By Any Other Name. (also a Modest Proposal on Reducing Gas Consumption)XWLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1140416267369851332006-02-19T22:17:00.000-08:002006-02-19T22:17:00.000-08:00All I'd need is to find a particularly stupid Sena...<I>All I'd need is to find a particularly stupid Senator to write the legislation.....</I><BR/><BR/>Insert low hanging fruit joke here.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I'm mostly in agreement that simplifying the tax system by at least 12 orders of magnitude would be a Good Thing, though I'd still like some progressivity as I think the richest among us should pay more by proportion as the marginal value of $ drops as you get more of it. But that's just my pinko-liberal tendancies showing ;)Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1140412376272898752006-02-19T21:12:00.000-08:002006-02-19T21:12:00.000-08:00Sorry, missed that line.Still, people would just f...Sorry, missed that line.<BR/><BR/>Still, people would just fix the tanks when they bought them, or would buy tanks from old cars and install them in newer models. Just like undoing the catalytic converters, no big deal.<BR/><BR/>Thinking about all of this, it almost makes me want to campaign for such a price structure. The black market opportunities would be HUGE if the incentive pricing could be rigged to be sufficiently stupid. All I'd need is to find a particularly stupid Senator to write the legislation.....<BR/><BR/>Excuse me, I have to go look up my Senator's phone number....Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1140409447107968622006-02-19T20:24:00.000-08:002006-02-19T20:24:00.000-08:00That's why I put in the line about redesigning gas...That's why I put in the line about redesigning gas tanks to make them siphon proof.<BR/><BR/>But the real point was the LATimes shouldn't call any old suggestion a 'modest proposal'.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1140402080011725782006-02-19T18:21:00.000-08:002006-02-19T18:21:00.000-08:00More importantly, it wouldn't affect behavior that...More importantly, it wouldn't affect behavior that much. People would just fuel up with light vehicles and then pump the gas into their heavier vehicles. Duh.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.com