Obama the Only Candidate Seeing the Light on Gas Tax Issue

The price of gas sucks.  There is no doubt about that. Nobody is arguing anything else.  I drive a Prius with a tank the size of a Ziploc baggy and it cost me $32 to fill it up this morning. Yeah, it sucks buying gas.

That acknowledged, Senator Obama is absolutely right when he says that McCain and Clinton are playing political games with talk of repealing the gas tax for the summer months, not positing sound economic policy.  Experts agree that a vacation from the gas tax will do little to nothing to lower the price of gas.  The demand will continue to out pace the supply and the price will continue to go up.  So, at the end of the three months gas is still $3.65 a gallon but then has to jump an additional 18 cents immediately as the tax is reinstated.

Only in the world of "Whatever it takes to get elected" does that sound like a good idea. The government loses billions, the oil companies still make gazillions and we're still paying a ton at the pump. This isn't a solution, it's a ploy.  And, this issue is another example of which candidate in the race really is straight-talking and has the real interests of the average American in mind.

Comments

[Chris]

I totally agree with you. If the tax is lifted for the summer months, people will be whining when it goes up that much overnight, and will also come to expect it. The real solution is conservation.