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one of the top news articles on Yahoo.com was "which candidate has the best plan for beating gas prices?"
a generalization of our candidates responses:
McCain: We're going to waive federal taxes on gas prices over the summer.
So essentially we get to see the price go down $.20... which is nice, but that still keeps gas prices here in albany at about $3.50/Gallon. Then what..? when summer is over based on current oil trends I'm going to end up paying more than I was before the break plus the price of the tax on it. Yeah... "Break", with a sucker punch at the end.
Yeah, I'll probably still end up voting for him because in the long run he'll probably end up saving me more money in other categories... republicans tend to be minimalists. So while I may be paying more money in gas over time, I'm going to be spending less on social programs... those programs you know that support the border jumper with their anchor baby or the lazy ass that refuses to get a job you know.. the 38 year old perfectly healthy medicare patient. Every time one of those walks into our office I think about that huge number that is taken out of my paycheck and I look at the person in front of me and I want to punch them... I can do a lot with that amount of money.
getting back on track...
Clinton/Obama: want to take "investigations into allegations of price fixing and promise to raise taxes on oil companies"
This is even more stupid than the price break from McCain. Where do they think that the money that the oil companies pay their taxes from comes from???? thin air???? why don't they just say "we're going to lower the price on gas by asking you to pay more tax on it". Can you see the oxy-moron here? Oil companies are just going to pass that cost down onto the price of their product. Just like every other business, when there is a tariff on a product coming into the country like coffee or a banana, does the company that is selling it just chalk up the money to pay for it? sure they do, but the way they pay for it is increasing the cost of your banana or coffee. They incur no loss and you end up paying more.
How does this work to save us money at the pump?
you want to hit a big business, you hit them at the end of the year with a variable rate tax based on profit earnings. While people will find ways to cut corners by making purchases such as a $30,000 hammer, or whatever... at least that money is being put into the economy which as we've been seeing it, has taken a down turn. Sure there is a lot of holes to that, it may not even be more solid than their plans on their own. But it doesn't scream insta-increase in price of gas... and I'm allowed to be as ridiculous as I like... I'm not a politician... or maybe because I'm ridiculous as hell, I should be a politician.
Whatever.
a generalization of our candidates responses:
McCain: We're going to waive federal taxes on gas prices over the summer.
So essentially we get to see the price go down $.20... which is nice, but that still keeps gas prices here in albany at about $3.50/Gallon. Then what..? when summer is over based on current oil trends I'm going to end up paying more than I was before the break plus the price of the tax on it. Yeah... "Break", with a sucker punch at the end.
Yeah, I'll probably still end up voting for him because in the long run he'll probably end up saving me more money in other categories... republicans tend to be minimalists. So while I may be paying more money in gas over time, I'm going to be spending less on social programs... those programs you know that support the border jumper with their anchor baby or the lazy ass that refuses to get a job you know.. the 38 year old perfectly healthy medicare patient. Every time one of those walks into our office I think about that huge number that is taken out of my paycheck and I look at the person in front of me and I want to punch them... I can do a lot with that amount of money.
getting back on track...
Clinton/Obama: want to take "investigations into allegations of price fixing and promise to raise taxes on oil companies"
This is even more stupid than the price break from McCain. Where do they think that the money that the oil companies pay their taxes from comes from???? thin air???? why don't they just say "we're going to lower the price on gas by asking you to pay more tax on it". Can you see the oxy-moron here? Oil companies are just going to pass that cost down onto the price of their product. Just like every other business, when there is a tariff on a product coming into the country like coffee or a banana, does the company that is selling it just chalk up the money to pay for it? sure they do, but the way they pay for it is increasing the cost of your banana or coffee. They incur no loss and you end up paying more.
How does this work to save us money at the pump?
you want to hit a big business, you hit them at the end of the year with a variable rate tax based on profit earnings. While people will find ways to cut corners by making purchases such as a $30,000 hammer, or whatever... at least that money is being put into the economy which as we've been seeing it, has taken a down turn. Sure there is a lot of holes to that, it may not even be more solid than their plans on their own. But it doesn't scream insta-increase in price of gas... and I'm allowed to be as ridiculous as I like... I'm not a politician... or maybe because I'm ridiculous as hell, I should be a politician.
Whatever.