Letters to the Editor
pigbeast
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Hi
[Read the article: Obama is wrong about the gas tax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pity 230 of the nation's leading economists disagree with Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and George Forst. Who exactly is George Forst and what qualifies him to spout his nonsense on Salon? Nothing? Then please stop perpetuating this nonsense.
Eliminating the gas tax certainly did not help in IL.
1. It saves consumers pennies a day.
2. It doesn't even save them that unless the gas companies magnanimously pass it on to consumers, which they didn't do in IL and have no reason or incentive to now.
3. It encourages consumption of fuel precisely when we need to be conserving it, both for environmental and economic reasons.
4. It depletes the fund needed to maintain our infrastructure precisely when we need it the most -- remember the bridge?!?
5. It flies directly in the face of our energy policy / global warming policy.
Please don't insult our intelligence, George. Salon's readers aren't the "low information" voters Hillary is seeking. Stop lying to us.