In message <gk6hn8$hqq$1@news.motzarella.org>, "P J"
<pj@pjama.invalid> wrote:

>"Jay Giuliani" <jrgiuliani@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:hhx9l.4432$BC4.2979@nwrddc02.gnilink.net.. .
>> Just suck it up and raise the gas tax.
>
>That causes people to drive even less, so it could get into a vicious
>cycle. Reminds me the nicotin taxes that became such a large part of
>state revenues. The more they raise it, the less they get out of it.

In Canada they raised the cigarette tax so high at one point that
people actually <gasp!> cut back on their smoking and revenue started
to fall off. They promptly lowered the tax.

But our addiction to oil is much, much worse than our addiction to
nicotine. For most people, it's MUCH easier to cut back on smoking
than it is to cut back on driving.