Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by cggarvey on Thursday October 18, 2018 @06:43AM
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Our gas is too cheap due to subsidies and/or due to inadequately accounting for the costs of externalities like pollution or wear/tear on roads. Or, more precisely, the lack of political will to acknowledge that discrepancy.
Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by yostrovs on Thursday October 18, 2018 @08:43AM
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What subsidies for gasoline? Here we constantly fight over taxes on gasoline.
Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by cascom on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:04AM
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I think he just means that in relative terms gas taxes are lower in the US - but you’re right, there is no subsidy.
Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by amanaplanacanal on Friday October 19, 2018 @01:09AM
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Perhaps not today, but an argument could be made that a whole lot of tax money has been spent over the last several decades to make sure that middle east oil came to the US.
Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty
by dragonwriter on Friday October 19, 2018 @01:24AM
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Very little of it came to the US; the money was spent to assure low world oil prices, not to assure that Middle East oil came to the US.
The US subsidises gasoline quite aggressively when compared to other countries around the world. You can see this in fuel costs; routinely US gasoline used to be cheaper by the gallon than Australian gasoline was by the litre. I've never once heard an American complain that their fuel is too cheap despite the fact that their taxes and government are directly responsible for said low cost.