http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/12184/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/evening-news-turns-brit-lecture-americans-gas-prices <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/ken-shepherd">Ken Shepherd</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     Those provincial Americans. They just aren’t living in the “real world,” driving those gas-guzzling SUVs! </p> <br /> <p >     Such was the sentiment from Mike Rutherford, a British automotive columnist featured in the December 8 “Free Speech” segment on the “CBS Evening News.” Yet while Rutherford was correct about pump prices, he left out the key reason Americans are “lucky” to have lower gas prices: they aren’t taxed as heavily for the commodity.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/evening-news-turns-brit-lecture-americans-gas-prices" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Taxes auto Britain british car charge England fuel gas gasoline MediaBias motorist pain petrol pump SUV tax truck Wales Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:31:11 +0000 admin 24932 at http://archive2.mrc.org