Re: Before simply using the gas tax...

zzbunker wrote:
>   The gas problem is really just a an extension of the Generalized
> Investing Problem.
>   And the only advice that can really be given to poor investors is:
> 
>    I)   Learn how to invest when you're young, reinforce the lessons,
> and don't forget it.
> 
>    II)   Learn that the only thing saving money will get you is to a
> bank.
>    III)  Learn that the only thing banks invest in is governments.
>    IV)  Learn to diversify, divest, modernize, and upgrade your
> ****tible Folio;
>          or die like an idiot.
Much of the information needed you refer to was not available. The board 
members of Enron and Worldcom did not share their plans with the young 
people you have in mind while they were gutting the business.

In an honest system, what you propose works. But we do not have that.