Posted on 06/22/2022 7:26:16 PM PDT by bitt
Back in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) mocked the idea of a gas tax holiday.
Bill O’Reilly had a good radio spot on this today. When NY State halved their gas tax prices went up and gas station owners pocketed the difference.
He’s the one who thinks $7-8 dollars a gallon is preferable.
Can’t we just ignore that dumb son-of-a-bitch?
Yes, but they’re desperate to buy votes.
Next week they’ll fast track forgiving student loans.
The left really loves this film flam man.
On its face, the idea that 0bungles would mock anyone or anything is hilarious.
He is many worse things but 0bamaomau is arguably the biggest dork on the planet.
The federal gas tax is quite small.
They may make a big fuzz about doing something, but the effect will be negligible!
The art of groupthink requires constant reinforcement of those involved in any segment of the current campaign so as to minimize contradictory statements, criticism and, especially, views in published works that might cast doubt on the overall cohesiveness of a given project.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia" cannot be denied or the whole scam comes unraveled.
Likewise, when the Obama administration (through Congress) appropriated larger percentages of federal fuel tax revenue to such non-highway functions as bicycle lanes, urban mass transit and "studies" on reducing Americans' dependence on the automobile, the standard answer given to critics would be "Of course, there has always been some portion of the transportation budget allocated to things other than roads and bridges."
Always being since the Clinton administration, when money for non-highway projects got spewed out of Washington in high gear.
The fact that the federal gas tax has remained at 18.5 cents even as everything else (except maybe computers and their accessories) rose in price since the 1990s could be as a result of an ongoing battle between those who want to put more money into highways (most Republicans) and the anti-highway segment that has gained more power within Congress as well as within the US Department of Transportation in recent years. There are members of Congress who would divert all gas tax to non-highway projects if they could.
Somehow, this little unscripted contradiction between Biden and Obama on the gas tax, as trivial as it appears, might indicate that someone other than Obama is pulling Joe's strings. I wonder who it could be . . .
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