50 cent gas tax, how does that hit ya
 

The only way to fight the "gas bastards" is to use less of their product, if the people could stand together and stay home for two days (same days) and don't drive unless a life depended on it that would back them up and force them to make a move.

Does this Democrat have a good idea------:confused:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339589,00.html

Re: 50 cent gas tax, how does that hit ya
 

More money out of every gallon already goes to the government than to the refiners, the guys who take the risk to pull it out of the ground or the stations.

Why should they get more? Now, if this money could go into a separate fund dedicated solely for alt. energy development, and the other plethora of taxes could be reduced by say .25/gallon, sure.

But that will never ever happen.

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I'm all for a boycott and a National Day we're people don't get gas. Of course they would still probably just use the same amount of gas consumption. Instead of fueling up Sunday and Monday they'd just do it different days.

if her intent is to get people to stay home then isn't that slowing down the economy? people won't be going to the stores, to resutaurants, to entertainment events. and how is that good for a slowing down economy.

maybe a higher gas cost will fuel people's motivation for an answer to cheaper transporation costs.

we need radically smaller cars that don't weight thousands of pounds and we need them electrical or a different source of energy. problem is... do you want to drive this next to a SUV or big rig? smaller vehicles would mean we could make more lanes on a high way.

more expensive fuel costs means conservation but it also means a slowing down in expenditures to help the economy.

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I like that.
You're right. I don't trust the government with more money. It'll just go back to the corporations in the form of subsidies.

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Of course, the Saudis, Libyans, Iranians, Texans , Halliburton (which has now moved to Dubai) and Al Qaeda don't get a dime, right?

But dammit if any should go to the US Government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

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Yeah, this is probably just a front so the 50 cents per goes into Geo Bush's bank account.


:woohoo:

Dum-dum, dum-dum, do-do, do-do.....


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He's the Greatest US President in Iranian History.

There should be statues of W on every traffic circle in Teheran. He has built up that economy in a brilliant fashion. Without him and Halliburton Dick, the Mullahs would have been overthrown 5 years ago.

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Nothing wrong with that!!


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Salaam aleikum to you too!

However, as an American, I judge my Presidents on what they do for MY country.

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Why should the US government? What risk do they take, exploring for oil, drilling for oil, transporting oil, refining the oil into the 18 thousand different blends required, opening and running a gas station, employing people, what risk does the government take in that?

But they do take the largest percentage. Something on the order of 34% of the cost of a gallon of gas goes to government in it's various forms.

You don't think that's a little excessive, considering how obscenely wasteful all governments are?