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2006-11-18 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Steve White 2006-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd still push for increasing domestic production so OPEC can't pull that chain as effectively.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-18 00:54|| 2006-11-18 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Besides, every dollar a barrel the price drops is that much less in terrorist pockets, and that much less expensive it is to fight them.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-18 00:55|| 2006-11-18 00:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Instapundit notes a proposal by the Tigerhawk to trade a new carbon tax for making permanent the larger part of the Bush tax cuts -- do it now while prices are coming down. Not sure if I like that, but anything that would hurt the House of Saud and the Mad Mullahs

Wanna screw the Mullahs and the House of Saud over for a long, long time? Slash production and gasoline taxes. Once that is done, production domestically will soar and drive prices even further down. The amount of cash available to terrorists will dry up as well. Raise taxes on fuel and oil and we will have terrorism for the forseeable generation.

What those who advocate more taxes want is the opposite: Keep prices high so the government can enjoy the money, money to be spent as pork and earmarks and bridges to nowhere and Pelosi's favorite soak the rich program.

Want a speedy close to the WoT? Slash taxes and domestic spending, especially petroleum taxes of every stripe.

By starving the government of money we force far more rational choices.

This idea of raising taxes to screw oier the Mullahs will only be passed on to the rest of us. Our leaders will be in effect punishing all of us for their very profligacy.

Posted by badanov 2006-11-18 01:06|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-11-18 01:06|| Front Page Top

#4 This proves Bush wanted the Dems to win, or he would have had Halliburton drop the price a month ago. (Where'd I leave my nice shiny tinfoil hat?)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-18 10:33|| 2006-11-18 10:33|| Front Page Top

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