The Gas Tax (essay by Fred Thompson)

I'm with Fred ^ | 08/10/07 | Fred D. Thompson

[SE Mom]

Fred!

[SE Mom]

Whoa now...

LOL!

[SE Mom]

Sorry- forgot to ping you..

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Only in government is it even possible to think that you could be rewarded with a bigger budget for totally messing things up in the first place. Why can’t we leave infrastructure issues to the people closest to where the rubber literally hits the road?

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GOTTA LOVE FRED!

[gridlock]

If there was a new trust fund for infrastructure, instead of building the Bridge to Nowhere, they would build the Gold-Plated Bridge to Nowhere.

The first rule of Washington is that it can always consume all available funds and still not have quite enough money to get the job done, no matter how much money is available.

[ejonesie22]

There is no way that a man who supports such radical ideas can ever win in the general election, much less be worthy as our “chosen one”

I mean come, let the states, decide? What does he think this is, a Federal Republic?

[Red Badger]

As another FReeper so eloquently put it, “There’s plenty of money to fix our infrastucture. Just stop spending it on earmarks!”...............

[Leofl]

Thanks and Bookmark for later

[mnehring]

I’ve noticed the Fred bashers have really backed off lately..

[mnehring]

As another FReeper so eloquently put it, “There’s plenty of money to fix our infrastructure. Just stop spending it on earmarks!”...............

Yea, tell that to Ron Paul.. people need their shrimp and wetland museums.

[Red Badger]

If there was a new trust fund for infrastructure...

DOES ANYBODY ON THIS FORUM ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE US CONGRESS WILL LET A HUGE PILE OF MONEY SIT AROUND IN THE US TREASURY UNTIL IT'S NEEDED?..........................

[w1andsodidwe]

The first rule of Washington is that it can always consume all available funds and still not have quite enough money to get the job done, no matter how much money is available.

It's all about guilt. It is our fault that congress refuses to do their job. If only we could give them more money to waste, then maybe they could do their jobs. 5 cents gas tax indeed!!!

Go Fred!!!!

[Weeedley]

Fred is totally correct. I might add that a gas tax is regressive and hits the working poor the hardest. Car transportation is not an option for the vast majority of the citizenry. People who cannot affords newer more fuel efficient vehicles are hardest hit. Kids in the car add weight and more gas is consumed and that causes more taxation. There is no rational argument for raising gas taxes, the cost of which is sky high already due to the fed govs hobbling drilling on our own land and seacoast.

[stockstrader]

Fred sounds more and more like the 'Gipper' every day.

I know, I know, I know, he is no Reagan,,,,but then again, who is????? Fred is as close as I have seen!

The more I see what Fred says,,,what he stands for and what he believes in,,,,the MORE I SUPPORT HIM!!

Go, Fred, go!!!

[ejonesie22]

School is back in session...

[gridlock]

DOES ANYBODY ON THIS FORUM ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE US CONGRESS WILL LET A HUGE PILE OF MONEY SIT AROUND IN THE US TREASURY UNTIL IT'S NEEDED?..........................

Well of course! They're gonna put it in a lockbox, don'tcha know?!?

[ejonesie22]

Ummm Shrimp....

[mnehring]

Having a trust fund or, as Clintoon wanted, a rainy day fund where billions of dollars just sit around is actually far worse for the economy than running a debt. In a debt, at least you have strong bond markets that investors trade in, and thus, the debt still acts as seeds, feeding the economy. With a ‘trust fund’, the money is simply removed from the economy and depreciates as the value of the dollar depreciates (which is made worse by erasing that much monetary value from the market.)

The ideal way would be for the government to run as flat of a budget as possible with emergency capital improvements financed through bonds (debt)- note, I said only run capital improvements through debt, not recurring expenses.

[jim_trent]

> “Why can’t we leave infrastructure issues to the people closest to where the rubber literally hits the road?”

That is exactly what was done in Minnesota — and 49 other states. THEY are the ones that screwed things up to start with. Does anyone think that Minnesota voters will “throw the bums out” at the last election.

I am not saying that the Feds are the answer, but the locals certainly are not.

[ejonesie22]

Ron was no Thompson either...

[mnehring]

If Reagan suddenly appear today, people would say he wasn’t Reagan enough.