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1) DUH  by Anonymous Citizen on May 10, 2007 
Don't we already have some of the highest fuel
prices in the country, yet these idiots in
congress keep sticking it to us more and more.
Truckers already dodge buying fuel in high priced states, same with the oppressive cigarette taxes, then they wonder why this state is in the crisis it is, we have incompetent lawmakers driving away business while other states are booming.
The lawmakers should go without salaries till
the budget is balanced without new taxes, kind of like the rest of us have to live.

Walter Short

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2) Raising diesel fuel tax is bad for Michigan  by Anonymous Citizen on April 11, 2007 
I believe that increasing the tax on diesel fuel by 13 cents is a definite step in the wrong direction for Michigan.

I do realize that it would be incrementally phased in (steps of 7, 10 and finally 13 cents). I also realize the gravity of the current budget deficit. But increasing the tax on diesel will stifle the use of diesel vehicles, which would be detrimental in two ways:

1. Fuel consumption: diesel vehicles use 30 - 40 % less fuel than their gasoline-fueled counterparts. If we really want to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, diesel is obviously the right choice. According to officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, America could save up to 1.4 million barrels of oil per day, an amount equivalent to the oil we currently import from Saudi Arabia, if one-third of U.S. cars, pickups and SUVs were diesel-powered. Furthermore it is a proven technology: > 50% of the passenger cars on Europe are diesel, with some individual countries at 70%, that is available today.

2. Greenhouse gases: diesels have lower greenhouse gas emissions

Raising the tax on diesel would discourage the use of diesel-powered vehicles thus increasing both fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Other countries have reduced the taxes on diesel to promote these known advantages. Also, the cost of shipping goods by rail and truck will increase, making Michigan's goods even less competitive.

Vince Piacenti
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3) i think that i'm going  by Anonymous Citizen on April 7, 2007 
to support this bill just to get you to quit spouting on and on about cats in boise.

trappers have trapped for two hundred years.

you NOW have a problem with it.

suck it up. walk it off, learn to live with it.

like we have to live with YOU.

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