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I saw a sign on a big rig just recently that said, "This vehicle pays $11,754 each year in highway taxes." I do not doubt it. In fact, it may be low. Some of those rigs roll almost a quarter million miles a year, and that equates to some 40,000 gallons of diesel. I'm not sure if they pay the same amount of tax/gallon as gasoline, but if it is the same, that totals $18,400 in highway taxes.
The only Browning guns ever made in the USA were (and are) the Buckmarks. They are made by a small and almost unknown little manufacturing/machining company here in Salt Lake City. In fact, Browning has never manufactured ANY of their products except some of their archery gear, and even that has now been outsourced. Make your next pistol a Buckmark.
Reducing our fuel usage is great, but it should not be either mandatory or penalized with reverse usage taxes. That is government at its worst. Personally, I'd be happy if we sucked the whole middle East region dry of oil. Then develop our own resources and sell it to the rest of the world - at starvation prices. Let 'em see what it's like to be a beggar instead of a potentate. When even that runs out, we switch to ethanol and again be the world's largest source.
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