Letters to the Editor
-
Lets assume you are right.
Then what? We cut prices by getting rid of the tax. Then we put a windfall profits tax on the oil companies to pay for it.
Sounds great.
A year goes by and world demand is largely unaffected and the prices return to their regular levels. So now what? People are sure having a tough time at the pump, what should we do now? Lower the federal gas tax? Well we can't, it doesn't exist anymore.
That's the problem here, it doesn't really matter if it works or not. It won't offer any solutions to the real problem. Every time I hear suggestions like this (and we've seen in for years now), they neglect the fact that there is only so much room to affect prices. The tax is finite.
What we need is a comprehensive plan to our transportation energy needs. Either that, or people just have to suck it up at the pump and get over the fact that there are no quick fixes to the problem. So here's Hillary coming out with a quick fix measure that will do little overall and Obama disagrees with it, she's actually the better of the two? Come on. It's political pandering, plain and simple.