Posted on 04/16/2008 7:11:31 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Has he submitted the legislation for the tax removal on the gas or is this just more silly headlines.
We need all of this
IN WRITING!!!
The problem with McCain is, even when he supports some conservative issue, he
DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S BETTER
than the alternative.
And when he does put it in writing, will you be happy? Answer truthfully please.
Good stuff. Keep it up McCain, and you’ve got me in your corner.
This Keating Five guy cut his political teeth in the United Senate. He can play “Let’s Make a Deal” with Hillary or Barry any day of the week.
I suspect we’ll see the tax repeal ....oh who am I kidding, just a pipe dream.
The joke of it all is that the federal tax is only 18 cents per gallon, so even if he lifted the entire tax it won't mean a damn thing to consumers. There is nothing sleezier or more devious than a career politician, except for maybe a lawyer.
Silly headlines.
Many individual States have introduced a “vacation” from the State taxes on a gallon of gasoline and summer after summer, it never passes.
I don’t see this going anywhere on a Federal level. I can’t find that an actual Bill has been introduced as of yet.
Wisconsin pays the highest taxes on a gallon of gasoline at 32.1 cents per. Our Governor won’t give up that kind of cash, that’s for sure!
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp
McCain is trying to pull a fast one on the American public with this proposal by banking on people’s ignorance of history. he is essentially proposing a tow tiered flat tax. It’s a farce. We had a two tiered flat tax system in this country and it was an abysmal failure. It’s known as the income tax. When it was enacted in 1913 the tax ranged from only 1% on the first $20,000 of taxable income and was only 7% on incomes above $500,000. Hardly anyone had to file a tax return because the tax did not apply to the the majority of workers. In 1939, 26 years after the Sixteenth Amendment was adopted, only 5% of the population, counting both taxpayers and their dependents, was required to file returns. Today, more than 80% of the population is under the income tax. Another flat tax will only morph into another oppressive multi tiered income tax but will do so much quicker thanks to the thousands of lobbyists that didn’t exist in 1913.
Tinkering with a tax an oppressive 67,000+ page tax code that is beyond repair is not the answer. The income tax needs to be replaced with a national sales tax by enacting The Fair Tax. Fair Tax ping!
I’m afraid that if Carly Fiorina is on his team, it’s a loosing team...
He's on video saying it multiple times. Why is one better than the other?
The problem with McCain is, even when he supports some conservative issue, he DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S BETTER than the alternative.
So what? He doesn't need to understand it. He just needs to do it.
Ping to Post #9 link.
Funny, I never thought of Carly Fiorina as a loose woman...
Happy(er), yes.
I’d also like him to articulate to the electorate why these things WORK, and why the dhimmirats’ alternatives do not work.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t understand the “why” of it.
He needs to articulate (sell) it to the electorate. For that, you need to understand it.
Sure. We had all better just vote Obama, then. Or stay home. Right?
So does McCain still plan to push to pass the McCain Lieberman bill that will strangle fossil fuel production with limits that can only be surpassed by “purchasing” permits? If so, who gets to pay for those “permits”? Should I be happy with one summer of less gas taxes and elect a man who plans to increase the cost of gas and home heating for the consumer in the future?
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