Originally Posted by Epstein

Yeah, it's called the gas guzzler tax. Read:
Vehicles that get at least 22.5 mpg (combined) don't have to pay the Gas Guzzler Tax. The Tax rate goes from $1,000 for vehicles that get at least 21.5 mpg (combined), but less than 22.5 mpg (combined) all the way up to $7,700 for vehicles that get less than 12.5 mpg (combined).

The kicker is that SUV's are not included in this. The law was inacted in 1978, so SUV's weren't a factor. Imagine the taxes that would be raised with $7700 for every new large SUV sold... use that money for healthcare, or schools, or Mars!




Update the math skills. 0.18% is a .0018 multiplier. No one gives a damn about $2.5m if we're over $1.4b per day. That's why we use percent figures in the first place... to show how insignificant things are.