tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post5998037270339022283..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Paying By The Mile Is A Terrible IdeaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-44762110940716379662014-12-19T17:11:36.155-06:002014-12-19T17:11:36.155-06:00Notice Regarding Advertising: This blog runs an op...<b>Notice Regarding Advertising:</b> This blog runs an open comments section. All comments related to the content of blog entries have (so far) remained posted, regardless of how critical. Although I would prefer that those posting comments identify themselves, anonymous comments are also accepted.<br /><br />The only limitation is that <i>comments unrelated to the essay</i>, such as advertising posing as comments, or with links to unrelated sites, will be removed. That is why one or more of the comments posted on this blog entry are no longer here.<br /><br />-- NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467682953748756539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-78140062631653993922013-12-04T19:17:35.557-06:002013-12-04T19:17:35.557-06:00The last time Branstead was Governor he instituted...The last time Branstead was Governor he instituted an additional 1 cent to the State Tax to pay for roads and Bridges! <br />When I drive my vehicles I am compelled to purchase a subsidized fuel, Ethanol I have no choice in the matter this is not an efficient additive to gasoline in fact it dilutes both the gas and my mileage! thereby taxing me by making me have to buy more inefficient fuel, who am I supporting the farmer! who destroys habitable land in order to pack more corn on a given acreage or roads and bridges which I use.jackdawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977024936574197885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-4796218764352117532013-09-28T10:04:33.501-05:002013-09-28T10:04:33.501-05:00Good column. Gasoline use also has bad impacts o...Good column. Gasoline use also has bad impacts on human health and the environment. The current cost of gas doesn't begin to cover the costs of those impacts -- they are externalized, the fancy word for "shoved onto others." The tax on gas should be raised in part so gas users (and I am one) start to pay more of what we owe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com