Know your Rove talking points: "State taxes make gas prices high"

Blame your state politicians. But don't blame the oil companies or the Bush administration.

This is being spread via the RW echo chamber and through Freeper e-mails. Make sure you're aware that it's their meme of the week.

The repukes all believe he is above all blame.

Those all powerful hippies have caused our gas prices to rise.

God these morans are morans.

I heard Hannity the other day that state governments make more money off of gasoline than the oil companies do.

Strange, I've never heard of $400 million retirement packages for governors...

I've spelled it that way ever since his last campaign.

I'm reduced to wondering when the real locusts will arrive.

and all of our environmental wackiness. That's Hannity's meme, any way.

It's hard to sell people on the idea that destroying our planet is a good idea.

They're grasping.

nt

Suck on that one, freepers.

So where is the cause and effect?

6 years of weakening environmental restrictions, increased drilling in environmentally sensitive Rocky Mountain areas, and the price of gas doubles.

just so we all know the secret rovecode for who REALLY to blame.

'librul' con job, and made those taxes high!!!! All them Republican governors and legislatures, WOW...just amazin'!!!!!!

But wouldn't have taken anyone's talking points then as it would be a true concern. And if one were to espouse true conservative positions, that is exactly where the tax should be coming from, the states. Wouldn't "New York's highway needs be different from Wyoming's highway needs." That is the answer if someone brings this to me, "So you want the states out of funding highways? You want the 'massive' federal government to have to do it?" And "why should I have to foot more of the bill for highways and streets in states and towns I am never going to drive in?"

By former Repug governor John Engler, who went around the state for years claiming "I lowered 22 taxes, I lowered 23 taxes, I lowered 24 taxes." He also raised numerous taxes including Real Estate transfer tax (800% increase), sales tax (50% increase), gas tax (twice), cigarette tax (twice), and the taxes he lowered were corporate giveaways. He claimed that lowering corporate taxes would create jobs which of course it didn't, now he's the head of a pro-manufacturers think tank and Michigan's economy is in the dumper with manufacturers taking their tax giveaways and leaving the state in droves. He ran up a $1 billion deficit, then when it became clear that a Dem had won the election, hurried through (with the help of a Repug Legislature) a balanced budget amendment to sabotage her administration. He knew she would end up spending the first 2 years trying to find $1 billion. Now all the Repugs are complaining she hasn't accomplished anything, and are presenting a billionaire pro-business candidate named Devos (Amway heir). Their pitch is: he has business experience, so he'll create jobs. Repugs keep falling for the same line. Arrrggghhh!

That is what I'll say when anybody says anything about the prices of anything.

Just a note: States don't raise taxes a penny a day every single day!

Which IS the reality! Especially for the states like California, Connecticut and New York who "fund" the smaller Rethuglican infested welfare states...