[Terrapreta] shaping the debate
joe ferguson
jferguson at nc.rr.com
Tue Apr 15 11:19:01 CDT 2008
Perhaps we should have listed to Ross P. back in '92 (was it really that
long ago?)
lou gold wrote:
>
> Well, we can see where one side is going...
>
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> Published: April 15, 2008
>
> *Filed at 9:46 a.m. ET*
>
> PITTSBURGH (AP) -- John McCain called Tuesday for the federal
> government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer ...
>
> To help people weather the downturn immediately, McCain urged Congress
> to institute a ''gas-tax holiday'' by suspending the 18.4 cent federal
> gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. He
> also renewed his call for the United States to stop adding to the
> Strategic Petroleum Reserve and thus lessen to some extent the
> worldwide demand for oil.
>
> Combined, he said, the two proposals would reduce gas prices, which
> would have a trickle-down effect, and ''help to spread relief across
> the American economy.''
>
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