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To: stocksthatgoup
If the pols really want to do something and do it PDQ, why don't they just lower federal gas taxes?
14 posted on 08/31/2005 4:45:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
If the pols really want to do something and do it PDQ, why don't they just lower federal gas taxes?

That is a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, it won't happen. If the feds lowered or, radical(!)=> suspended taxes on gasoline for a month or so, the snoozing sheeple would suddenly realize how much they are being gouged by our government.

Can't have that! Can't have awake, alert constituents. Why, if we had that the political scumbags might actually have to trim their pork intake (highway bill, which is funded mostly through gas taxes). Can't have that. No way, no how!

74 posted on 08/31/2005 5:49:55 AM PDT by upchuck ("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mewzilla
If the pols really want to do something and do it PDQ, why don't they just lower federal gas taxes?

The price is a product of the limited supply vs high demand. The price is high because consumers will pay it. Remove the tax and the price will remain basically the same but the difference will go to the supplier. The ONLY way to lower prices is to increase supply. Basic Economics 101.

103 posted on 08/31/2005 6:30:57 AM PDT by CMAC51
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