02-05-2016, 07:22 AM
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/04/white-hou...n-oil.html
While this may seem palatable right now while the price of gas is cheap, paying an extra tax is really going to hurt once the price goes back up (which it inevitably will). A tax like this will bring the US more in line with what happens here in Canada. Right now we are paying around 85 cents Canadian per litre. That works out to about $3.40CAD per gallon which is about $2.47USD. I'm not sure what you guys are paying right now down there.
I can see the good things that will come out of this but I think there are better ways to encourage green initiatives. People are saying that this will never make it through congress.
While this may seem palatable right now while the price of gas is cheap, paying an extra tax is really going to hurt once the price goes back up (which it inevitably will). A tax like this will bring the US more in line with what happens here in Canada. Right now we are paying around 85 cents Canadian per litre. That works out to about $3.40CAD per gallon which is about $2.47USD. I'm not sure what you guys are paying right now down there.
I can see the good things that will come out of this but I think there are better ways to encourage green initiatives. People are saying that this will never make it through congress.