Federal gas tax to increase $2.40/gallon?

IHateTheMedia.com ^ | 02/03/09

[slomark]

If New York Times columnist Friedman has his way, gas taxes will go up. Way up. He wants to slap an additional $2.40 per gallon in taxes on top of the 18.4¢ you already pay.

“Today’s financial crisis is Obama’s 9/11,” Friedman wrote. “The public is ready to be mobilized. Obama is coming in with enormous popularity. This is his window of opportunity to impose a gas tax. And he could make it painless: offset the gas tax by lowering payroll taxes, or phase it in over two years at 10 cents a month.”

Do the math. 10 cents a month for two years. That’s an additional $2.40 per gallon...

[slomark]

Like he ever fills up his own car!

[Badeye]

If Friedman had his way, Algore would be a recently departed, former two term President.

Given his track record, I’m not to worried about this one.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The depression a $2.40/gallon gas tax would guarantee would almost be worth it if I could be sure that Mr. Friedman would be among the first to starve to death.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Friedman is also one of the most Anti-American Free Trader Globalists out there....so you Free Traders must be proud!

Most liberals are Free Trade Globalists...and most love high taxes...and taxes from non-American world organizations (UN, WTO, Davos)

[KansasGirl]

Great idea!! I say the Democrats go full speed ahead with this!! They should also propose a huge tax on ammunition and food.

[lilylangtree]

These a**holes never fill up their car, and if they do, they charge it to their expense accounts. Raising the gas tax this much is outrageous and uncalled for.

[o_zarkman44]

Drive it over a cliff Freidman

[dforest]

Great, lets put more Americans out of their homes and on the street.

We are reaching a tipping point and it ain’t gonna be purty.

[Army Air Corps]

I guess Mr. Friedman wants to pay four times the amount that he currently pays for food and clothing.

[CindyDawg]

Oh yeah...that will make him extremely popular. When I see 4 dollars a gallon at the pump, I just know I will smile and say that's ok because I'm going to get a tax break. GET OUT OF MY PURSE!

[Swing_Thought]

I’m for raising taxes on things we don’t need.

Like newspapers, for instance.

[roaddog727]

This guy is an F’n Idiot witha capital I!

[walford]

So the economy is tanking and you want to dramatically increase the cost of energy? We only need to remember this past Summer to recall what effect that had on the cost of everything. It was the last straw before the market collapse.

1970s stagflation, here we come.

[GatorGirl]

GREAT slogan for the mass protests I see in our near future!

FReegards GG

[MarkeyD]

Go ahead Obama, do it!

[txnativegop]

Would we have to stop with just mass protests? Could we not ramp it up a notch and get rid of some liberal dead wood?

[ltc8k6]

Obama does not have enormous popularity at all.

It’s now down to average.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/02/022721.php

[MNnice]

Tom Friedman knows as little about economics as Obama does.

[NonValueAdded]

Where can I get a pitchfork rack for my vehicle?

[Lucky9teen]

“Today’s financial crisis is Obama’s 9/11,”

But Obama's answer will be "I can tax you, the rest of the world can tax you. And the people who created this mess will be absolved of any wrongdoing soon."