[AT] Hello???

[charlie hill]

Mattias,  I'm stepping on the edge of the cliff here with what Spencer 
allows so I'll make this statement in a neutral a manner as I can and leave 
it alone.
Our current government, in my opinion, is trying to drive us to the same 
sort of socialist system you folks have fallen into.   We have the means
for total energy independence yet our government shuts down domestic energy 
production under the name of environmental concerns while it encourages and 
funds production
in foreign lands who have NO concern for the environment and pretend that 
the waters don't flow and the winds don't blow around the entire planet.  I 
jokingly use a statement I
read years ago.  The green/environmental movement is best described as a 
watermellon.   Green on the outside with a red heart.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mattias Kessén
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:02 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Hello???

Charlie,
It has crippled our economy for decades and your economy is crippled by
your dependent in foreign oil (and a few more things that would be way to
political to even think about when writing to this list;-). There are tax
deductions for people that travel to work here, remember we also have great
distances and a lot of rural areas. I believe the deduction is around 0.40
USD/mile and no deduction for the first thousand dollars. Still it takes
half the income for some people or makes it "better" to live on well fare.

Mattias


2012/1/4 charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>

> Mattias,  $8.00 gasoline here would cripple our economy.   Some folks 
> would
> have to spend half of their days pay to get back and forth to work and
> electric cars or small economy cars won't work when you live somewhere 
> like
> rural Texas or Oklahoma and have to use your vehicle for more than just a
> commuter car.  There are no busses or trains that go into the rural areas.
> I know the economy would slowly adjust to it but we are so dependent on
> world trade that those adjustments would have to come on the backs of
> working people.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mattias Kessén
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:18 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Hello???
>
> Hello.
> We seem to have a more normal winter than the last two ones, though a bit
> windy the last storm hit us today and I have some tin on the roof to
> fasten. temperatures most of the  time above freezing and on boxing day
> above 50 F.
>
> Gasoline taxes were raised by the new year and gas is now 8.00 USD and
> diesel is 8.09 USD.
>
> Mattias
>
> Born free, taxed till death.
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