Archive for August 7th, 2007

Popularity: 10% [?]

Soon (maybe) people who have been to war and had their view of reality turned upside down will be returning to the US. They are not the only people who are suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying physical or emotional event.

Research has found rates of PTSD among adolescents ranging from 6.3% (in a community sample of older adolescents) to 29.6% (in substance-dependent adolescents receiving treatment, ages 15 to 19). And, among the substance-dependent adolescents, 19.2% currently had PTSD.

We as a society seem to have lost the will to maintain a safety net to rehabilitate people, we have historic amount of people in jail and they don’t seem to be Able to be rehabilitated into returning into society. Somehow we are going to reconsider how to help solve our basic plan on how to bring people back into society or the cost of having these people unproductive will only continue to increase.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Consumers assume the position!!

One of the most natural rules of the economy is when the cost of a product goes up the increase is passed to the consumers. No matter how evil refineries are made out to be; automobiles are useless without gas. The rich will not get poorer because of the tax. The poor already pay more of their income for gasoline than the rich do, and increasing the per gallon tax will increase the cost of living for the poor, most people don’t have an option to walk to work. Government studies have already shown that having reliable transportation is better than having a high school diploma in somebodies ability to get good employment.

MN Pawlenty to Back Gas Tax Increase

Ohio Gas tax did little for bridges … Of the estimated $539 million generated annually from the gas tax increase, less than $40 million a year has gone toward inspecting, repairing and replacing …


California use tax has helped the budget
… The average pump price of gas in California was $3.09 in April, 38 cents above prices during April 2006. The higher prices generated approximately $316 million in sales tax during that month, an estimated $37 million more than were generated in April 2006. … None the less fear of old bridges is ripe for exploitation … The report’s authors advised the Legislature to boost the state gasoline tax from 18 to 28 cents per gallon …

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