I was just reading a NYT article about Sens. Clinton and McCain's idea ot suspend the federal gas tax for 3 months. Did you know that the plan will save the average driver 30 cents per day? THIRTY cents - one nickel and one quarter. I could return the bottles in my recycle box and do 3X better than that.
This is a distraction from the real problem -- we're dependent on oil and the technology to replace it has not been developed yet. WHY DON'T WE WORK ON THAT!!!
Sen. Clinton is quoted as citing this proposal and then saying she's the only Democrat who is working to solve the gas expense problem. Is that seriously your position?? I don't think giving back a small fraction of the gas tax we pay will "solve" the problems of the financially burdened middle class. The middle class in America is on the verge of moving out with the dodo bird, and she's "saving" us by giving back an estimated $28 TOTAL. It's disingenuous and pretty much evil to hang your hat on a distraction and call yourself a hero for it when you know damn well that your token plan keeps people from talking about real solutions to very real problems that will very soon be changing the landscape of our economy and culture.
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