Sentences with phrase «smaller gas tax»

(I'm thinking of supply side economics and the obvious need for a larger rather than smaller gas tax to help us get moving away from it; in England in April it was about $ 9 per gallon, though I'm sure it's more than that now.)

Not exact matches

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

«While Senator Gillibrand fights every single day to protect New York taxpayers — from opposing the flawed Wall Street bailout to delivering middle class tax cuts that save our families money and help small businesses create jobs — our opponents want to keep driving a million miles an hour with their hands off the wheel and their foot on the gas.»

A Japanese tax break on small, gas - sipping cars has also helped the ASX.

Those outgoing M cars have their drawbacks (the M3 might be the smallest car ever hit with the gas - guzzler tax), but in its dotage I'm finding that I harbor a soft spot for the normally aspirated engine.

In practice, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) operates more like a straight up carbon tax than a cap and trade — and a small one at that.

Republicans strongly dislike the Obama Administration's EPA greenhouse gas regulations; they could easily replace this big government solution with a small government, free market, economically beneficial revenue - neutral carbon tax.

Interestingly, beyond this, despite considerable rhetoric about moving beyond debates about carbon - pricing, the report recommends that in order to avoid adding to the Federal debt, it would be necessary to impose new taxes, including increased royalties for oil and gas extraction, a tax on imported oil, a tax on electricity sales, and a «very small carbon price» (presumably from a modest carbon tax or unambitious cap - and - trade system).

Seems like a small price to pay for significant economic development (lease payments to landowners, increased tax revenue for host communities, service jobs, manufacturing jobs, etc) and a cleaner environment (the alternative is coal, natural gas and nuclear).

This is because many Americans still drive oversized gas - guzzling vehicles, and therefore have a lot more ability to reduce their fuel consumption by greater efficiency (or smaller vehicles), while Europeans already drive smaller and more efficient vehicles (due to heavy motor fuel taxes), so would have extreme difficulty reducing consumption still further in response to the appeals of climate campaigners.

Authored by Tufts University economist Gilbert Metcalf, it finds that repeal of these three tax preferences would reduce U.S. oil and gas production by less than 5 %, and global oil demand by about 0.5 % — impacts he considers relatively small.