Re: A War Tax on SUVs?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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>In principal I agree with you, Alex, but there's an exception: the luxury
>tax on RVs and high-end cars like Maserati, Ferrari, Bentley, and
>Rolls-Royce.  All cars are basically transportation appliances that use
>petroleum-fueled internal combustion engines, but there's a difference (not
>just price) between a $14,000 Geo Metro and a $350,000 Rolls-Royce Silver
>Shadow.  I don't have a problem with levying a luxury tax on the sale of
>those vehicles and would gladly pay it if I were to purchase one.

Most of those exotic cars have to pay a gas guzzler tax due to their poor
gas mileage.  It makes little sense since those mega buck cars are the ones
that are probably driven less than other cars purchased in the USA.  IIRC,
there currently is a luxury tax on the purchase price of a car above a 
cerain dollar amount.  That makes no sense to me either.  These folks are
going to pay sales tax just like anyone else, so there should be no reason
to tax them some more.   
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