Mass. Governor Considering 'Hummer Tax' on Gas Guzzlers

[NomisR]

I agree that the real issue is overspending, not this or that tax.  But the problem is not so much the government, but the voters.  "I've seen the enemy, and it is us."  Voters continuously want more services from the government than they are willing to pay for, and elect politicians who promise to tax somebody else (whether it be 'rich' people, SUV owners, or implicitly, our grandchildren) to give us what we want.  This has been going on for a long time, and this new administration in Washington has now taken it to unprecedented levels.  We will continue to lurch from one economic crisis to another, ending in economic tragedy, until we grow up and face the fact that we have to pay for what we consume.

I blame the baby boomers!

[dazzleman]

I blame the baby boomers!

You're right.  They're the generation that was given everything, and all they did was take, take, take.  That will be their epitaph.