Our gouvernments have a tendancy in Europe to tax a lot to control the economy. I think it is usually a bad practice.
In the fuel case, I approve. A high price for fuel is an incentive to avoid wasting it and producing CO2. People uses smaller cars and public transports and that's right.
Fuel Tax also reflect the very high cost for the community of the road transports. Building infrastructure, police, hospitals...
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Our gouvernments have a tendancy in Europe to tax a lot to control the economy. I think it is usually a bad practice. In the fuel case, I approve. A high price for fuel is an incentive to avoid wasting it and producing CO2. People uses smaller cars and public transports and that's right. Fuel Tax also reflect the very high cost for the community of the road transports. Building infrastructure, police, hospitals...
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