oh lord!

Quote :

"American motorists are understandably grumbling over skyrocketing gas prices as the summer travel season approaches. But their pain hardly registers against the rage afoot in Europe these days. Fishermen, truck drivers and farmers are threatening to bring entire economic sectors to a halt with protests against crippling fuel costs. The wave of angry action is expected to spread further across Europe in coming days, despite efforts by political leaders to feel the pain and figure out how to alleviate it. Strikes and blockades staged over the past three weeks by French fishermen spread this week to Spanish ports; Italy, Portugal, and Greece expect more of the same on Friday as mariners seek to force national governments to offset marine diesel prices, which have shot up by 40% since January. Single boat owners and entire trawler fleets face a real threat of bankruptcy. Matters are no better on land. On Tuesday, hundreds of British truck drivers in London and Cardiff brought traffic to a crawl in a campaign to get their government to lower taxes on diesel fuel, which now costs over $11 per U.S. gallon (3.8 liters). Other businesses owners who rely heavily on gas use — including farmers, ambulance and taxi drivers, and private bus companies — have joined the protest movement or are preparing to do so. "

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809900,00.html

5/28/2008 1:56:25 PM

look if you're going to post a block of text in chit chat, bold the shit you want me to read

b/c otherwise, i'm not going to

5/28/2008 1:57:00 PM

words

5/28/2008 1:57:47 PM

Gas is gonna be expensive? O SNAPS A LAPS A DING DONG!!!!!!!!!

5/28/2008 1:57:49 PM

Basically... we're fucked.

5/28/2008 1:58:41 PM

We're all gonna die without gas. How will we watch nascar?

5/28/2008 2:00:03 PM

inorite

5/28/2008 2:01:38 PM

"free" healthcare

5/28/2008 2:03:28 PM

we could get nascar to run on hybrid engines and watch them speed along at 80 MPH.

5/28/2008 2:04:11 PM

^^Take that shit to the feedback forum!

[Edited on May 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM. Reason : +]

5/28/2008 2:04:15 PM

^^^ GTFO, this has nothing to do with free healthcare you fucking faggot.

[Edited on May 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM. Reason : ]

5/28/2008 2:04:32 PM

IF YOU GET RID OF ALL ENTITLEMENTS, WE'LL BE ENTITLED TO CHEAP GAS

5/28/2008 2:05:19 PM

Drilling in our own country is way too expensive...



























Besides, we have to pay for "free" healthcare.

5/28/2008 2:06:33 PM

shoot

we can't even recycle threads

let alone energy

5/28/2008 2:07:58 PM

Your irrational jump to conclusions undermine any real point you may have.

You lose.

GTFO, you fucking fags.

5/28/2008 2:08:14 PM

that's the truth, moulder

5/28/2008 2:08:37 PM

gimmie some gas foo1

5/28/2008 2:11:05 PM

Quote :

"GTFO, this has nothing to do with free healthcare you fucking faggot. "

On average, 60% of the price European drivers pay at the pump goes to their governments in taxes.

In Britain, the government takes 75%, and raises taxes by 5% above inflation every year


Healthcare is expensive and it cost money. SO they have tax.

5/28/2008 2:14:28 PM

Dude, this is fucking Chit Chat. Don't come in here and try to start a fucking debate. You're already lame enough.

5/28/2008 2:20:24 PM

omg drama!

5/28/2008 2:22:31 PM

The anger inside of imstoned is telling.

5/28/2008 2:22:44 PM

The only thing I'm angry at is that you're a big enough tool to try to seriously come into this thread and start some bullshit like that.

5/28/2008 2:23:27 PM

LOL in chit chat! OH NO I STARTED SHIT! IN CHIT CHAT!


RAWR RAWR RAWR IF YOU THINK HEALTHCARE IS EXPENSIVE NOW WAIT TILL IT'S FREE RAWR RAWR

5/28/2008 2:25:20 PM

^ tool

5/28/2008 2:26:09 PM

^ RAWR

5/28/2008 2:26:27 PM

No joke, he hates facts:

Germany
Fuel taxes in Germany are 47.04 Euro-Cents per litre for ultra-low sulphur Diesel and 65.45 Euro-Cents per litre for conventional unleaded petrol, plus Value Added Tax (19%) on the fuel itself and the Fuel Tax. That adds up to prices of 1.19 Euro per litre for ultra-low sulphur Diesel and 1.37 Euro per litre (approximately USD$7.615 per gallon) for unleaded petrol (Sep 2007).


Netherlands
The sale of fuels in the Netherlands is levied with an excise tax. A 1995 excise was raised by Dutch gulden 25 cents (€0.11), the Kok Quarter (€0.08 raise per litre gasoline and €0.03 raise per litre diesel), by then Prime-Minister Wim Kok is now specifically set aside by the second Balkenende cabinet for use in road creation and road and public transport maintenance. The 2007 fuel tax was € 0,684 per litre or $ 3,5 per gallon. On top of that is 19% VAT over the entire fuel price, making the Dutch taxes one of the highest in the world.


United Kingdom
Main article: Hydrocarbon oil duty
From 2007-10-01 the main road fuel (petrol and diesel) duty rate in the UK is GBP£0.5035 per litre. The rate for biodiesel and bioethanol is £0.3035.[1] Value Added Tax (VAT), currently at 17.5%, is also charged on the price of the fuel and on the duty. At a pump price of 100p/litre (typical for unleaded as at November 2007), this would put the combined tax at 65.24p/litre, or approximately USD$4.84 per gallon. Thus without tax, the retail price would be 34.76p per litre, making a combined tax rate of 188%.


*Some countries (notably the UK) have eliminated insurance entirely and choose to fund health care directly from taxation.

[Edited on May 28, 2008 at 2:29 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2008 2:26:45 PM

dude, are you serious? you are the lamest mother fucker on the planet

5/28/2008 2:27:27 PM

I HATE FACTS RAWR RAWR SO U R A DOUCHEBAG RAWR

5/28/2008 2:28:26 PM

5/28/2008 2:28:45 PM

If facts = lame, you might have a point.

Otherwise go play with your legos kid. Most people are able to look at opinions and facts without thier emotions overriding thier thought process. THis usually occurs in your early teens, you should maybe see a doctor son.

5/28/2008 2:31:42 PM

It's what liberals do. Rational thoughts and emotions are inseparable.

5/28/2008 2:32:56 PM

5/28/2008 2:33:13 PM

I also stopped calling people "tools" around 8th grade.


That doctor Rx may be just what you need.

5/28/2008 2:34:01 PM

5/28/2008 2:35:14 PM

5/28/2008 2:35:53 PM

LETS JUST GET RID OF NASCAR, THAT WILL SVAE ENOUGH GAS TO BRING PRICES DOWN!!!

5/28/2008 2:36:27 PM

I would say that imstoned has been effectively silenced in the face of the facts.

Nice.

5/28/2008 2:38:02 PM

5/28/2008 2:38:44 PM

intellectually bankrupt.

5/28/2008 2:41:33 PM

5/28/2008 2:42:31 PM

Quote :

"How will we watch nascar"

I promise moto gp races are pretty fun to watch too

5/28/2008 2:44:25 PM

"free" healthcare

5/28/2008 2:44:42 PM

5/28/2008 2:44:53 PM

We're already bankrupt because of your side's overspending and carelessness.

5/28/2008 2:46:56 PM

does that also apply to your intellectual capacity?



LOL lecture me on fiscal responsibility when your side is pushing the biggest handout this country has seen.

[Edited on May 28, 2008 at 2:48 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2008 2:48:16 PM

5/28/2008 2:51:50 PM

MOAR TOOLS NEEDED

5/28/2008 2:53:20 PM

5/28/2008 2:53:25 PM

You're such a huge tool, you can't even get a different picture.

5/28/2008 2:57:31 PM

level of success measured by the type of pictures you can show the class... classic.

I bet you LOVED sticker day.

Gas has always been more expensive in europe, and this bc of thier taxes. I dont have a picture for that, so you may have to ask an adult to read it to you. jk hoss.

5/28/2008 3:25:41 PM