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What do you think about the gas tax holiday?
Good idea: I want relief 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Good idea: I want legislators independent of elite opinion 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Good idea: I like oil profits/I agree with Caplan's argument 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Good idea: other 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Bad idea: We need to raise gas taxes 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Bad idea: Gas tax money is needed for infrastructure 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
Bad idea: The experts believe the cut won't provide relief 78%  78%  [ 7 ]
Bad idea: other 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
I don't know/I don't care/I want to see what other people voted 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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09 May 2008, 1:10 am

Well, the question is self-evident. I will offer a link to an article by Bryan Caplan to explain one of the poll options, but that is it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/opinion/08caplan.html

Make up your mind, and perhaps state your opinion at some length. By the way, some of the reasons may overlap for some people, please state your dominant reason.



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09 May 2008, 1:15 am

Pump money into solar panel research!



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09 May 2008, 1:19 am

I chose the option of it not providing relief, but you also have to consider the effects of cutting government revenue while we're already $9 trillion in debt and most likely going to increase expenditures in the future.


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09 May 2008, 1:28 am

Kalister1 wrote:
Pump money into solar panel research!

Or build nuclear power plants and use the energy to split water to produce fuel for hydrogen fuel cells.


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09 May 2008, 1:33 am

if it's something clinton said, it's most likely wrong (i'd say 7 times out of 10...and that's being generous).


"When you combine fixed supply with flexible demand, it’s suppliers, not demanders, who pocket the tax cut. That’s Econ 101."


mccain and clinton's loyalties are still in the same place: corporatism.


note: when i say corporatism, i mean the manipulation of government to give the select corporations unfair advantage over the competition and allow them to abuse the consumer. i'm not simply talking capitalism....which is fine.