Eisboch wrote:

"BAR" wrote in message
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Sweet looking ride. Is it a gas sucking pig. My 1972 Mustang with 302
2V got about 12 MPG. I was 18 or 19 at the time.



Speaking of gas prices, now that the supply/demand basis of our economy
has driven gas prices down, the Fed now wants to raise the federal tax
on gas by 10 cents a gallon (12-15 cents for diesel) and is
encouraging individual states to also raise their taxes.

You can't win.

Eisboch


In principal, I favor raising fuel taxes if the money raised is spent on
road projects or ways to improve efficiency of cars and trucks. The
problem is, the funds raised aren't earmarked for transportation.

I spent an hour down at the boatyard this week helping a buddy haul and
winterize his boat. Another friend was there (ok...it was an excuse to
get out of the house and shoot the ****), a guy who is a much more avid
fisherman than I am. He has a 28' boat with two big outboards on it. His
boat is for sale. He can afford the gas for it whatever it costs, but
thinks it is "stupid" to be burning "so much gas" for a hobby. So, as
soon as his current boat is sold, he's downsizing to a 21-23' something
or other.

The way things are today economically, I think it smart to be very
cautious about spending liquid assets. Obama is inheriting a world of woe.