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Democrats want Republicans to pay for high gas prices
The Mercury News ^
| Aug. 18, 2005
| STEVEN THOMMA
Posted on 08/19/2005 7:31:12 AM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: husker_gunner
Is the price of gas too expensive?
Yes, but at least you can buy all that you can afford. I remember back in the seventy's when you had to wait in line for an hour just to buy 3 gals. of everpriced gas.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:12:50 AM PDT
by
hondo1951
(i live in happy valley, but i'm not happy)
To: NC28203
Sure, but how are you going to pay for the roads that you drive on with that cheaper gas?
IIRC, gas taxes go into the general fund and highway expenditures come out, along with everything else. Its the same way Social Security works. There's no compartmentalization.
Sure, it would cut down on one source of income for federal and state governments. I'm not sure that's such a bad thing.
To: FlipWilson
I hope you're right and I'm wrong. As for ANWR, it will be attached to the budget, which makes it filibuster proof, but when it passes and prices don't lower it will give the Rats even more ammo. The Iraq war has turned out to be a lame issue for the Rats and they are going to bet their existence on their newest issue, energy prices.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:17:40 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: Owl_Eagle
Those are cents, not PERcents. Big difference.
To: dirtboy
"Bush does nothing to combat rising prices," the Democratic National Committee said this week"
But...But.. I thought we were in Iraq to steal the oil and keep prices down.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:18:33 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
To: johnny7
You are exactly right! Multiple blends of gaoline with limited refinery capacity leads to increased prices. The federal government should mandate a single national blend for each grade of gasoline. They could frame the argument as a national security issue. Just my humber opionion.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:20:12 AM PDT
by
HOYA97
(Hoya Saxa = What Rocks)
To: HOYA97
humber=humble I have got to learn to read!
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:21:28 AM PDT
by
HOYA97
(Hoya Saxa = What Rocks)
To: dirtboy
I think that if this is the tack they are taking they are in for a huge problem.
Who has been fighting drilling in Alaska, fighting new refineries, etc...
Bad idea.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:22:53 AM PDT
by
Holicheese
(Would you like a beer? No thanks, I will have a bud light.)
To: Pessimist
Last year, Florida had a moratorium on gas tax, and Jeb Bush said this week that noone even mentioned it to him in the last year. So, maybe this gas price hysteria is another example of the media trying to create news that is not there.
If they wanted to do something helpful, they might remind people of the things that they can do to adjust, if the prices are bothering them. In fact, people will make adjustments in what they drive, how far they drive, and even in where they live as they see fit. We don't need a bunch of comand and control one size fits all federal government solutions.
To: Sybeck1
To make a long story short: Democrats want Republicans to pay
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:26:52 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
To: Sybeck1
Well the dim-wits can thank their god Daschle and Boxer and the rest of the communist in the senate for voting against ANWAR.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:27:33 AM PDT
by
solo gringo
(Liberal democrats And Flori-duh judges are parasites)
To: Sybeck1
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:28:16 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(Liberal Babyboomers will by anything that stinks of hippy.... So crap on a stick and sell baby sell)
To: Pessimist
The market controls the price. Markets can be manipulated, however. See what Soros did to entire SE Asian economies. I wonder how he is betting this market? Or do we just see the natural market response when the country with the largest population on earth discovers the joys of the automobile.
(Cant' say I'm really knowledgable on this subject. Just wondering out loud...)
To: Mo1
I must have missed that. I will take your word for it. I am just frustrated.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:30:14 AM PDT
by
HOYA97
(Hoya Saxa = What Rocks)
To: hondo1951
...and how much was that gas in today's dollars?
I did some quick and dirty calculations (but probably not wildly inaccurate, and if they are, they came out low) from here and came up with:
1973 gas in 2005 dollars is $3.19/GL
You may now return to your regularly scheduled panic.
Anyone with better figures (and they are out there) may correct or confirm as warranted.
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:31:31 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
("We've had one, yes. But what about Second Breakfast?")
To: AlBondigas
A quick look @ Al. & Ky. says the math doesn't work I don't see a problem with the math. The table doesn't have an individual column reflecting the 18.4 cent federal gas tax; it is just added to the rightmost column.
To: Sybeck1
yeah yeah yeah....and I want some of my interest back from the carter administration (19%).
Doogle
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:32:37 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
To: HOYA97
They have ... though I will admit not loud enough
A number if pubbies in the senate need to find their spine and fight back
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:32:40 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Keep talking Cindy .. Tell us all what your true feelings of Israel are)
To: Owl_Eagle
...how dare you show the average American where most of the price of gas goes..
Doogle
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:33:58 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
To: mewzilla
Good point. I would just ask Howard Dean, what his plan is.
Enough of this garbage.
"So how would you lower gas prices Howard?"
Didn't algore want higher gas prices to cause more conservation?
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posted on
08/19/2005 8:36:36 AM PDT
by
Holicheese
(Would you like a beer? No thanks, I will have a bud light.)
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