To: talkradiodaily
Good politics by RATs. Matching Bush move for move.
2 posted on
04/25/2006 11:01:23 AM PDT by
montag813
To: montag813
Is this happening? I'll believe it from Dems when I see it. W should have proposed it, rather
than the Strategic Oil Reserve.
8 posted on
04/25/2006 11:05:12 AM PDT by
chiller
(every time we call MSM "mainstream" we confirm their status. "OLD" or "ANTIQUE" please.)
To: montag813
Wonder what they will say when the GOP ups it to 6 months.
13 posted on
04/25/2006 11:06:39 AM PDT by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: montag813
Whether it's good politically, it's silly from an economic standpoint. Market forces allocate scarcities and higher prices, which indicate demand outstripping supply, reduce consumption and bring those forces back into balance. Artificially reducing the price removes incremental resistance on use and thus demand increases, using up relatively scarce resources at a faster and more damaging rate. Of course, expecting anyone on Capitol Hill to understand basic econ 101 is a pipe dream. Just my 2 cents.
To: montag813
"Good politics by RATs. Matching Bush move for move."
And had Bush and the GOP been shrewd enough to include this with the other measures they proposed for lowering gas prices this morning, they'd have totally run the table on govt. measures that will bring down gas prices and they may well have entirely taken the oil issue away from the Dems. That could have bounced Bush's approval numbers significantly. Instead, Dems. who are masters of stealing the credit and Republicans who are masters of refusing to take any will crow about all they did to bring down gas prices while what Bush proposed will be lost in the muddle.
I was REALLY worried this morning when Bush left the gas tax loose end hanging. This left an opportunity for the Dems. Another boneheaded political mistake by a Republican party that's become almost as addicted to taxation as the Democrats.
Anyway, I guess I'll actually believe it when the Democrats propose it...and when they don't pull some underhanded parliamentary maneuver to kill it and then blame the Republicans.
56 posted on
04/25/2006 12:02:13 PM PDT by
MikeA
(Not voting in November because you're pouting is a vote for Democratic Congressional control)
To: montag813
Enjoy the potholes next spring......
Of course, isn't this the Dems admitting that taxes affect the market? I thought they swear up and down that it doesn't adversely affect things to tax them.
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