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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:31 AM Original message |
Is there anyone here who thinks having a gas tax holiday for the summer is a good idea? |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's an old picture. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, I know. The twin towers in the background |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I'll offer you $24.00 worth of beads for the island, even without the towers. |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. hey, that's what my 16th generation ancestors did.....BTW, is Kane in PA? |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. double post sorry |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Hell, that's what I paid for it.... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
52. $24 of beads. Hey, you could buy them with all the money you |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. No it's fucking stupid gimic that means almost ZERO in our pockets... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Heck, I was hoping to find a buyer for my bridge. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. ROFL!! |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. The drop in gas price from the "tax holiday" amounts to less than the rise in gas prices last month |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I just can't find any takers this morning. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. McCainonomics. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Good name for it. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. I do, IF |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. The oil companies will just go right on ratcheting up the price at the pumps and |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Every little bit helps the working folks |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. You think Congress will pass a gas tax holiday along with |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. In an election year with the current mood of the electorate? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. the "plan" is nothing but hot air: why hasn't Hillary actually introduced legislation |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. No, it's a lousy idea. The gasoline companies will simply jack the price back up. |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Gasoline companies don't set the price. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Pray tell, who does? |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Around 74% of the cost is set by OPEC for Crude oil. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Add to that the weak dollar and speculation |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Who sets the price at the pump? |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Everything I outlined is what sets the pump price. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. The operators of the gas station get calls from the oil companies |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yes, the government CAN |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
53. you're wrong |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. this exposes hillary as a horrible politician with even more horrible ideas. |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. YES |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. If you don't pass the windfall profits tax, which won't get by |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. How does it put more money into oil companies pockets? The GVMT collects the taxes not the oil |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The tax is collected at the pump. |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Right I understand that. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Not a big accounting problem... |
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mike772 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. So are you saying we should |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. No not saying any of that.... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Interesting Observation: I service Computers (at people's houses)... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. 10.9 billion dollars!!!!! in one quarter.... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. only if they give us the day off with pay, too........ |
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bluescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. Supply and demand |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Today's Miami Herald op/ed cartoon on it. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. That's the long and short of it... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not sure. I'm still waiting for my economic stimulus check to be deposited.... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. Stupid Idea |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. If it's really a big deal ... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. the families that need the relief most likely don't own cars |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Seriously? |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. sorry, but that was in defense of the rural poor. I was thinking of the |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. New Orleans is not rural |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. That's probably only true of those who live in cities |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. No. reducing taxes is never a good idea. We should raise the gas taxes to induce conservation |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Want to make an offer on my bridge? |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Never met a tax you didn't like, did you? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Want to make an offer on my bridge? |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. No. It is sheer pandering and economic lunacy. Clinton should be attacked on this. |
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