In Defense Of Short Term Solutions

An Indiana voter challenges Senator Obama's opposition to the gas tax holiday.

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News & Politics

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• Senator
• Barack
• Obama
• Democrat
• President
• 2008
• Indiana
• Gas
• Tax

[jillieji]

so, you have two gas stations...one sells gas for $3.00 a gallon and one sells it for $3.18. which one are you going to go to?

i see the obamabots like to leave off the part about the windfall profits tax. if the oil companies are going to be penalized for raising the price of gas, they're not going to do it.

[joeytj]

Obama's response was what everbody else is saying (and has been saying for years) that there is guarantee that the savings will transfer to consumers. In fact, every time it has been implemented (the gas tax) to see its effect, there has never been any savings an acctually hurts the consumer more.

[winvistainfo]

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

This is clear, simple economics. It won't work. There is a reason you can't find a single economist to back her plan.

And Clinton is the candidate best prepared to improve the economy? The very Clinton that won't take advice from economists?

She's buying votes. Even if it is passed (it won't be), the windfall tax will likely raise the price of gas by approximately what you save from the tax. That $30 savings probably won't even be that much.

[Cogitoski]

ignorance of what exactly?

[rogerpenna]

ank Country Price/gal 1. Bosnia-Herzegovina $10.86 2. Eritrea $9.58 3. Norway $8.73 4. United Kingdom $8.38 5. Netherlands $8.37 6. Monaco $8.31 7. Iceland $8.28 8. Belgium $8.22 9. France $8.07 10. Germany $7.86 111. United States $3.45 Source: AIRINC

[rogerpenna]

what are you americans whining about? You have some of the CHEAPEST gas in the world!

just dump your god damn SUVs, buy compact economic cars, and go live near your jobs instead of 100 miles away in a god damn exurb.

[4getwhatuheard]

Thanks you are well educated and you know your math alot of Clinton Supporters just hear we are going to save money on gas and thats it they don't do the math it only benefits people thats driving Max trucks but thats not such a great deal either let them feel up their gas tanks and go across a shaky bridge and we will see them on the news stuck in a pot hole or hanging from a bridge I hope this doesn't happen but some people need to wake up

[neimad14]

lets say they do remove the tax, whats stopping the price of gas from rising? what,taxing the oil companies keeps the price of gas low,i don't think so, the tax on the oil company would just roll over to the consumer via higher gas prices!!!!

[acslater017]

1) Funds from windfall profit taxes take away from Clinton's own renewable energy research fund.

2) It has no realistic chance of being passed (by Reps or Dems)

3) The benefits would be minimal - $0.19 per gallon. (90 days*1.5 gal/day*$0.19 = $25 per consumer. ooh! two pizzas). Though transport benefits might trickle to other industries.

4) If oil companies are forced to pay for this, why might they not just raise prices to compensate?

5) We need to LOWER demand, not raise it.

*smart? *

[threelegduck]

that laugh is the laugh of fear

can't mistake that, obama supporter or not

wonder why

[daisymom4]

Obama is a joke! Transparency went out the window in my view when he HID Rev. Wright in the basement the day he announced! Uniter went out the window when his campaign said Bill Clinton was being racists in saying BO's voting record on the war was a fairytale (it was, he never voted against the war, not once when the time came that he could)He deceived many on his true feelings with the bitter comment and his black theology! He is nothing he promised to be. Vote smart, vote Hillary!

[bigsofo1]

I love that woman! Did you hear his laugh? Something about it sends tingles up my spine. I got a bad feeling about him.