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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." In OE, select "Tools/Options/Send/"Plain Text"/Apply/Close." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ . Concerning an earlier post regarding the Halifax Westin's use of a Hummer as marketing tool and the paradox that this creates because of an upcoming workshop on environmentally responsible behaviour to be held there. What is ironically pathetic (or pathetically inappropriate) is that this vehicle may be leased and some or all of the lease payments and operating expenses may be used as tax deductible expenses. Under the current tax code, there is no distinction made between a company vehicle that causes a massive environmental deficit and one that does not. The pathetically inappropriate portion of this situation is the tax régime that enables a vehicle such a this to be claimed as a tax deductible business expense. A usage case might be made for a mine concern or a forestry contractor, but using a Hummer to fill the wine order? I do have some difficulty with characterizing this vehicle as a "war mongering" vehicle. There are many CF personnel who would be very pleased to do patrol duty in the "full version" of this vehicle rather than the usual out of date, hand me down, or political trade-off kind of junk they usually receive. To wrap this up, if governments are serious about setting the right example to reduce green house emissions and other pollutants from motor vehicles, the tax code should be amended to reflect environmentally inappropriate vehicles and vehicle usage. For example, lease expenses for a Smart car or Prius hybrid might qualify for 150% deductions for an initial period to encourage businesses to roll their fleets over. }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ Terry Mulcahy PO Box 425 23 George Street Sydney, NS Canada B1P 6H2 Murphy's First Law: If anything can go wrong, it will Corollary: It can MacGillicuddy's Corollary: At the most inopportune time }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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