Occupy Wall Street's "BAT SIGNAL"

 I'm spreading the Bat Signal. 
Polls show overwhelming support (70%) of the ideas behind the OWS movement.  Inequality in wealth distribution, inequality in justice, inequality in voting rights, and inequality of women's rights.  Just what part of "Equal Rights for All", didn't they understand?
The people are waking up, and are showing their courage, dedication, and ongoing support.

Cut fuel consumption in the passenger car fleet? Simple. Tax on all cars, regardless of age, as follows: Tax = $100 X (Weight/3000#) ^ 2.

A 3,000* car pays $100, 6,000# car pays $400, and a 9,000 # car pays $900.


Need a harder press on the brake?

Tax on all cars, regardless of age, as follows: Tax = ($100 X (Weight/3000#) ^ 2.5).

Now a 3,000 # car pays the same $100. But! the 6,000# car pays just under $600; the 9,000# vehicle pays just under $1,600.

Why go after the weight? Because the weight is a major factor in fuel consumption and downsizing the fleet may have less of an impact on lower income households.

Ron Paul's hog wash

"Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers."
-- Ron Paul

Pure and very simple hog-wash. Might taxes go up? Sure. Will it be to finance the deficit? Nope.

Taxes may go up to drain excess money out of the economy to avoid inflation but taxes don't finance anything. The government doesn't run to a tin box when it needs money and worry if the box is empty. It sounds strange but the government neither has nor doesn't have money. It is self financing and needs to tax to balance the economy but not to collect money. There is no "place" for it to store collected money.