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democrattotheend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 08:07 PM
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Will Hillary Repeal the Clinton Gas Tax?
Interesting article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/will-hillary-repeal-the-c_b_100261.html

Bill Clinton raised the gas tax and no one in the political press seems to remember that, including George Stephanopoulos, who helped him do it.

Most political reporters obviously have no idea that in his first year in office President Bill Clinton raised the gas tax. He did it in a package of tax increases that amounted to the biggest tax increase in history, and after a presidential campaign whose centerpiece was a middle class tax cut that he forgot about once in office. If reporters knew that President Clinton raised gas taxes by 4.3 cents, they would be peppering Hillary and Bill with questions about the Clinton gas tax hike like, if you think gas taxes are too high now, are you in favor of repealing the Clinton nickel?


Presumably, Hillary was involved with the tax package, since she played a strategic role in the Clinton White House. So is she going to try to repeal the gas tax increase she helped pass?


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