Reply #53: An AWFUL idea [View All]

[ramapo]

This is typical Democratic pandering, a complete lack of backbone and guts.

If anything, gas taxes should be higher and the monies used to build decent mass transit and rebuild our national rail system to replace the third-world system that we have allowed our railways to deteriorate into.

The fact is that Americans must change their energy consumption habits. The only thing that will force a change are higher prices. Witness the 1970s; habits changed, products changed, and in a hurry too.

Now if the Democrats want to go after the oil companies and do something about windfall profits, the obscene package given to the retiring Exxon exec, and the like, then I would applaud. This idea is plain bad.