“Clinton calls for gas tax vote, Obama calls it ’shell’ game” AP:
Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs.
“It’s a Shell game. Literally,” Obama said to laughter from his campaign audience, adding it would mean little for hard-pressed consumers.
Comment: I’m with Obama on this one. A couple of weeks ago, John McCain was proposing the same silly tax suspension idea for the same purpose: to pander to the voters. It was a counter-productive idea then, and it is still counter-productive. We need to discourage, not encourage, gas consumption. We also need money to maintain our crumbling infrastructure. Pot holes don’t patch themselves, Hillary and John. Gas tax is what you pay for using the public roads.
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