Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: FRIDAY, February 13, 1991 TAG: 9102150659 SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-6 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Have you considered who, basically, is driving the bigger cars and the older cars that get less gas mileage? It is usually the people who have lower incomes. They are who would be penalized the most with your 50-cent increase in gas tax.
All of us would pay a lot more, not only for our own gas but also for all goods shipped by truck. And I think a lot of us would think twice about hopping out to the shopping centers as often as we do, if it were going to cost us a bunch extra on our gas. JOHN D. COCHRAN TROUTVILLE
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