On Jan 8, 10:50*am, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <el...@nastydesigns.com>
wrote:
> In article <timmcn-34B0CD.09002708012...@news.iphouse.com>,
> *Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> > The damage each driver causes to the roads is based on how many miles
> > they drive and only vaguely on how much gasoline they burn; from that
> > perspective a mileage tax makes more sense than a gasoline tax.
>
> In one of my college economics classes way back when, the professor
> discussed the fairness of weighing your salad bar puchase and paying per
> ounce vs. per plateful. *Interestingly enough, many students used the
> "it's not fair" cry on the per ounce method...

At some US Naval officer clubs you used to pay according to the height
of your sandwich.