sulli's Journal: Dumbest idea EVAR.

Now Congress wants to give people a gas tax rebate, or even worse, suspend collection of the gas tax?! On the contrary, now is the time to raise gas taxes because oil company profits are so high they will be more likely to be absorbed rather than passed on to the consumer - and higher taxes will provide better incentives to save fuel and reduce our dependence on petrostates like Saudi Arabia, Russia, et al.

Of course Congress is pandering to the crowd and probably none of this will get passed. But it's still moronic. At least they're not bringing back price controls and gas lines! (For those of us whose time is a lot more valuable than a freaking $3 gallon of gasoline, a fair price for gasoline is NO PROBLEM, but delays getting it are another story altogether.)

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ANWAR

[Tsunayoshi]

What's pissing me off is the pro-drilling in ANWAR set of politicians who are using this fiasco to finger point to everyone who voted against the drilling.."See, if THOSE people had passed the drilling, you all would have lower gas prices right now".

Also, I thought I heard on NPR that the same bill that this "gas rebate" is getting put into will also have a rider covering opening up the ANWAR drilling.

So, here is what I see happening: Democrats vote against the drilling, when these contested seats come up

Re:ANWAR

[sulli]

It's all a big Kabuki dance. ANWR is just a battle the Reps and Sen. Stevens can pick every year that they know they will lose, but score big points with business groups against the enviros. No different this time.