Evil Pundit: If I remember correctly, his wife is infertile. Back when he was a she, they found out about the other's infertility, so Thomas didn't have his womb removed, because they still wanted a child.

I could be wrong, but I think that's what happened.

I completely agree with you, fourstar, but our government has an aversion to things that make sense. Although I guess that's characteristic of any government.

Still, the common people have very little control over taxes. I would gladly pay more for gas if the taxes would go into public transportation, but I really can't see that happening until Alaska's reserves have been run dry.

Fourstar, you completely ignored the biggest argument brought up: we have a much bigger country. Public transportation is wonderful if one lives in a city that provides such services, but not all that many do. I live about eighty miles from Chicago, and there is no public transportation. The nearest college is thirty miles away, and it's only a two year school, so there are no dorms. I have to drive, then, sixty miles each day I go to school. With around twenty-five mpg, I'm estimating my daily gas consumption to two and a quarter gallons. With gas a four dollars per gallon, that's ten dollars per day I spend getting to school. That adds up to a lot of money.