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What a thoughtful response.
Your contrary views shall find no purchase on Our Direct Democracy.
Church or cult? Your democracy? More like Clinton-style dictatorship.
40 gallons a week? What is your mpg and how many miles do you travel?
so how much will be saving if Hillary's plan works?
Tell us.
Go on.
And please show your calculations.
Yeah - Let's see your calculations. Here's mine:
My car goes about 15,000 miles a year. The mpg is around 25 (not that great, but I need four wheel drive because I live in a wintry climate).
15,000 miles divided by 25 = 600 gallons a year 600 divided by 12 = 50 gallons a month
The gas tax is .18 per gallon .18 times 50 = 9, meaning that my "savings" from a an federal tax holiday, should I receive 100% of the savings is $9.00 a month.
Assuming a summer is 3 months, I'd save $27.00 for 3 months.
Mojoed for math.
Ditch the Suburban or move closer to wherever you are driving. If you're using that much gas, you're out of the realm where the government will be able to lower your cost significantly. If you can't support the cost, you'll need lifestyle changes.
It sure seems like that to me, too.
By the way, a recent tune-up is delivering a nice increase in fuel economy.
You need a company car or a company card...
$28.80 per month. And that is worth stripping the funds that go to the states to keep the roads and bridges repaired?
Yah, yah, you are going to tell me she plans on charging a windfall profits tax. Which is total bullshit because:
1) She would have to draft the bill and get it through congress and signed by the President. If you think that will be her then it would not happen until after January 2009.
2) Congress would have to hold hearings to prove that the oil companies are in fact earning windfall profits before any tax could be charged.
It would be about 2 years at the earliest before the tens of millions this will cost the states this summer could be recovered. All so you can save $28.80 per month on gas this summer which you will spend repairing your car due to the awful condition of the roads and bridges. And of course, all those out of work highway department employess are going to be really happy about it.
The entire scheme is stupid pandering to make people think she is doing something. Even Hillary knows it is a bad idea but she thinks the voters are stupid enough to fall for it. Maybe some of them are.
