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Originally posted by thetalady
1. the governments need the money
2. many of their roads are in terrible shape & must be maintained
3. they impose the high taxes to force people to use the public transit & stay out of cars. Much of Europe has hideously overcrowded streets & pollution.
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I think these are all pretty valid reasons. If I knew I had reliable public transport at my disposal, I wouldn't complain about paying $5/gal. Of course if the gov't tried to implement a system like that here people would cry "Communist/socialist/liberal" and it wouldn't get off the ground. The roads here suck azz and our government (state government, particularly) needs the money. Of course people here drive to the mailbox, and then bitch about being fat. It's almost as hard to get them to give up their guns.
