Well, let’s see if they tax consumers it won’t cost them a penny, right?

I guess speculating and gouging isn’t enough anymore. We need to be charged even more for wanting to be able to drive back and forth to work.

Boo, hiss, us!

We need to TAX IMPORTS from FOREIGN NATIONS AND LET THEM PAY OUR DEBT OFF, NOT MAKE IT AMERICA’S BURDEN!!

We gave them NAFTA, and they took JOBS and SHIPPED THEM OVERSEAS, and CLOSED DOWN FACTORIES in America.

So why then should the American Public become Responsible for Paying Higher Gas TAXES when many of them are UNEMPLOYED, or UNDER EMPLOYED??

0293x0d
Farmers are not dumb, if you look you see off market Isuzu, Rangers, and/or Nissan 4 cyl. stick-shift trucks in their operations. Most reasonable farmers make decisions between V-6, V-8, 4×4, and diesel equipment. You act like every farmer needs a quad-cap V8 to be a farmer, when in fact farmers can be some of the most fuel conscious people out there. So no you don’t see many Prius vehicles but you will notice in many cases fuel saving equipment is required in most of these small business operations.

MidevilWarmPeriod
I don’t live in a basement and if you do believe in in-the-moment- theories ok so what? There are negative externalities and hidden costs in our energy consumption along with inelastic fueling schemes which most so called fake conservatives have championed. In this oligopoly approach new markets are discouraged (flooding interests w/ the same biofuel, E85, flex-fuel, and ethanol schemes to confuse people about energy independence) instead of opening up independent ways of distribution and diversifying our energy needs. This of course takes long-term commitments and not fly-by-night more of the same fueling schemes.

Without long-term smart growth in the economy by fixing our regulatory system, and investment into human capital, new jobs will be sporadic but yet we risk going back into a recession if we think long-term and fix much of the short-term economic modeling done in the last twenty years. Business as usual will not cut it and we will as with the deficit be paying for old complacent ideas/ideologies sooner or later.

Why don’t they focus on JOBS?? Oh wait — it’s easier to focus on everything BUT jobs for this administration.

In practice, a gas tax is a mixed idea.
Americans seem to have a profound skepticism of the competence and intentions of federally-elected officials, and looking over the last 20 years, this seems well justified. I would definitely support a “fenced” tax, which would be used only for specific purposes (such as infrastructure maintenance, alternative energy research, education, or debt reduction) but would regretfully not support a tax where the proceeds are just diverted into “general revenue.” which means greater power for politicians who have a proven track record of abusing it.

In 2008 we did vote bums out and elected crooks an criminals.

I would vote for an honest politician who told me that he/she was going to raise my taxes. We cannot cut spending enough or get rid of enough inefficiencies and fraud to make a dent in the national debt. It is going to take tax increases across the board. All short term income (stocks and bonds sales held for two years or less, stock dividends and interest) should be treated as earned income. We also need to raise the top tax bracket to at least 66%.

By the way in 2008 we did vote the bums out.