On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:48:32 +0300 (EEST), Janne Blomqvist
wrote:

Well obviously you can't have your cake and eat it too. Those low
prices are paid by the consumers via taxes. Factor in stuff like
deadweight loss (from taxation), bureocracy etc. and you end up with a
net loss.

Fortune, in the article cited earlier, estimated that the present
taxpayer cost for a gallon of gasoline is $5. That includes the
military establishment required to keep Saudi etc oil flowing to us.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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