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The market is already moving in a direction that increased fuel taxes are redundant. Sales of SUV's are down, sales of fuel efficient vehicles are up. There's essentially no need to tax gasoline. I have a feeling, though, that no matter how expensive gasoline gets in the U.S., there will always be people pushing for us to be more like Europe.
I though taxes were to support the government and finance public projects. For that matter, I don't like how taxes are being used as a stick to alter public behavior. You wouldn't raise income taxes to get people to work less, would you? All I see are sticks, but no carrots. Why not a tax credit for anybody who buys a vehicle with high fuel efficiency? It kick-started the hybrid market, didn't it?
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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