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2008-12-14 Home Front: Politix

Raising Federal Gas Taxes Raised to... Stop Terrorism?

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Posted by Glugum Slinerong9862 2008-12-14 02:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It doesn't really matter where tax receipts "go." A tax increase of any kind, even fuel taxes are a transfer of wealth from private hands to the one sector most responsible for the economic problems we all now face.

The editorial writers at the Washington Post are either too stupid or too dishonest to admit the real world and undesirable results from tax increases.

Posted by badanov 2008-12-14 10:40|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-12-14 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 What do you mean too stupid OR to dishonest?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-14 10:55|| 2008-12-14 10:55|| Front Page Top

#3 bigjim, Heh.

Posted by Hellfish 2008-12-14 13:22|| 2008-12-14 13:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush should have considered this after Sept 11. The taxes linked to the War Declaration so that they could not be kept afterwards. That way gas prices would go up and people would drive less (feel the pain of the war a bit) and less money would go to Saudi coffers while bringing cash to pay for the war.

Now the tax seems less useful as people are already driving a lot less and the Saudi's have nearly a decade of profits spread out to Maddrassas.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-12-14 13:39|| 2008-12-14 13:39|| Front Page Top

#5 An extra fifty cent tax will be pretty inconvenient when prices return to three dollars a gallon. I wonder if the editorial staff has consulted with their CFO to see what the impact of 50 cents a gallon will be on their delivery operation.

Obama would do well to follow their advice because it is a well known fact that only families with a greater income than $200K drive vehicles.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-12-14 16:03|| 2008-12-14 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Super Hose: Obama would do well to follow their advice because it is a well known fact that only families with a greater income than $200K drive vehicles.

Welcome back. Long time, no see, in a manner of speaking.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-12-14 16:29|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-12-14 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 ZF, I still use rantburg as my news source. I have taken on a second job and have time to formulate worthwhile comments.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-12-14 16:40|| 2008-12-14 16:40|| Front Page Top

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