Comments on: Would a Gas Tax Holiday Help… or Hurt?

By: Gas Tax Holiday Takes Well… A Holiday

Gas Tax Holiday Takes Well… A Holiday — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:56:21 +0000

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By: Matty

Matty — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:31:26 +0000

Wake up people, Exxon and Chevron are making a fraction of what our foreign suppliers are, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Mexico, Iraq, Canada, Russia, etc. Why do you think the US dollar is falling like a rock? It’s because money is flying out of this country into these other countries at the rate of over a billion dollars a day! There are no short term fixes left, only hard decisions and adaptation to the will of reality. $8/gallon is already a reality in many European nations…..we need to lower gasoline demand any way possible as soon as we can!

By: The Holiday Gas Tax Doesn’t Make Sense Or Why 200 Economists Can’t Be Wrong

Wed, 07 May 2008 01:58:08 +0000

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By: Wiley C. Post

Wiley C. Post — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:55:55 +0000

1.The only solution to this problem is GAS RASHIONING! Americans of today do not know how to conserve. They have been taught since birth on how to consume at any cost.
2.Enforce the laws on BIG OIL not to slow production in the refineries. Keep or even more up the percentage to 90% or more, not with fines but JAIL TIME for the CEO’s whose companies do not abide.
3.Ask our leaders why it is against the law to import sugar cane from Brazil to make E85? Why do we need to use ALL of our corn?
Americans must wake up and take back the control on how this country is run. Bush and his cronies have slowly turned this country over to the greedy corporations that want to live off the small people that will not take a stand.
Remember VOTE!! Let them know YOU want to be heard!!!!!

By: The War on Economists

The War on Economists — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:42:05 +0000

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By: Jennifer Hofmann

Jennifer Hofmann — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:55:20 +0000

$0.18 off per gallon sounds good – until people start buying more of it because of the slightly decreased price. This will jack the price up even higher, just compounding the problem we already have: too high a demand and not enough product.

If the tax holiday provides any relief at all, it will be short-lived. We do need to pay for highway infrastructure (which is what the gas-tax pays for), but I agree with the comments so far that say that real, long-term solutions for affordable fuel and sustainability are best.

In the meantime, cutting fuel use as much as possible will help bring prices down. Personal accountability is critical (and boy, ain’t that an old fashioned value?).

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:40:43 +0000

And Dad, none of us kids had a sense of entitlement regarding money – to the contrary. We all had jobs, no allowances, no shopping sprees.

I think that growing up means having to learn things ourselves. And the boys and I did that differently. But it certainly wasn’t lack of direction from our parents – I still remember that old calculator Mom used on grocery shopping trips…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:33:09 +0000

Maddy,
That said, I think you’re right on the money re less demand.
This idea that we will have affordable oil forever is what got us into this mess to begin with…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:32:21 +0000

Maddy,
I don’t think that Clinton’s plan was to “increase” taxes to oil companies but rather to remove the extra tax breaks granted by the current administration.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:29:53 +0000

Micheline,
The problem with less revenue is that there is no plan – you’re right that the government should do things differently… For example, that project on I-95 through VA, it’s been how long? Can you say highway pork?
But our politicians don’t think that way. They won’t cut spending. They will shift spending. And that will hurt taxpayers.