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•What are the external costs of driving a car? Should a tax on gasoline be used to pay for these external costs, and why?
•Who should pay these external costs?
•Identify the two strongest arguments in favor of a tax on gasoline to pay for these externalities.
•Identify the two strongest arguments against such a tax 

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