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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:24 AM
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Why does Hillary want to increase consumption of gas with this gas tax Holiday?
Edited on Sun May-04-08 11:24 AM by Quixote1818
With increased consumption gas prices will soar! Not to mention it will increase greenhouse gases. This has got to be the dumbest, pandering idea from a politician I have ever heard.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:25 AM
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1. To continue the Bush pattern of stupid "feel good" measures that do nothing to fix problems
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virtualobserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:26 AM
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2. it is about winning a primary, not about good policy. winning is everything
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:30 AM
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3. It's all about encouraging Americans to spend money
they don't have on driving long distances for what passes for vacation, i.e. drive to a cheesey "amusement" park.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:33 AM
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4. To get votes from people who are frustrated at the price of gas
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4themind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:37 AM
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5. Not just consumption but also pollution
which would seem to clash with her long term goal of reducing the effects of global warming, not to mention that she'd now have to divy up the windfall profits tax to go to road infrastructure (parts that the gas tax help pay for now) as well as to help fund those green proposals which was her previous rationale for having the windfall tax.
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Johnny__Motown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 11:44 AM
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6. For the same reason Shrub wanted us to go shopping after 9-11
Good policy doesn't matter

just make people feel good in the short term
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 12:19 PM
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7. Just go shopping
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