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Obama is wrong about the gas tax
Think Clinton's plan to suspend the gas tax temporarily is a bad idea? A similar measure in Illinois -- which Obama backed -- seems to have helped consumers.
By George Frost [2008-05-06]

  • A moot point

    Despite the fact that most economists think this is a bad idea (greater use of a commodity where production is fixed or declining = higher prices, for starters), the gas tax holiday/windfall tax is a moot point. George Bush will never sign it into law, and Hillary Clinton knows it. If she doesn't, she shouldn't be in the race in the first place.

    So, yes, she is pandering and promising nothing.

    -- Deep Thought
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    Tuesday, May 6, 2008 05:53 AM
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