To: sandbar; newgeezer
At what point does the government step in and help out? That would be socialism.
15 posted on
08/15/2005 7:05:49 AM PDT by
biblewonk
(A house of cards built on Matt 16:18)
To: biblewonk
I agree with you on that, but a temporary rollback on gas tax would be appreciated and at least show that the government is doing SOMETHING to help us out.
some states might want to do it too.
22 posted on
08/15/2005 7:21:36 AM PDT by
Jaysin
To: biblewonk
That would be socialism.
Slightly, yes. But government has its hand in the cookie jar when things are good. That means it needs to do something when times get bad, like with this gas situation. There are small things that could be done which would have an impact. Speculation needs to be temporarily suspended, we need to reduce the number of blends, and we need to stop exporting finished product to other countries. It's $2.70 a gallon here. The economy is going to tank if this keeps up.
24 posted on
08/15/2005 7:25:14 AM PDT by
mysterio
To: biblewonk
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At what point does the government step in and help out?
That would be socialism.Not if the government help comes in the form of removing its restrictions on free enterprise.
25 posted on
08/15/2005 7:27:19 AM PDT by
newgeezer
(A conservative who conserves -- a REAL capitalist!)
To: biblewonk
That would be socialism. Not if the government stimulated demand by removing restrictions to free enterprise. How about ANWR drilling or lowering the gas tax? There are plenty of things they could be doing and aren't.
56 posted on
08/15/2005 8:40:00 AM PDT by
Texas Federalist
(No matter what my work/play ratio is, I am never a dull boy.)
To: biblewonk
>>>At what point does the government step in and help out?
>>>That would be socialism.
Oh, I see. So the government can step in and create situations that allow the price of gas to be so high, but to do something about it would be 'socialism'. Take your pick, either in or out.
67 posted on
08/15/2005 9:13:01 AM PDT by
sandbar
To: biblewonk
No, what we HAVE is socialism: your gas prices are twice what they should be because of TAXES!!!
To: biblewonk
only if it results from subsidies. not from relaxed regulations (inhibiting drilling and new refinery construction) and perhaps some tax amnesty to take a bit of the bite out of the price of the fuel...not everyone on FR makes $100k a year...
188 posted on
08/15/2005 10:44:29 PM PDT by
Schwaeky
("Truth is not determined by a majority vote" Pope Benedict XVI)
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