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Tuesday, May 09, 2006


The Captain and the Professor on Gas Tax Holidays.
Some lawmakers think that government ought to suspend gasoline taxes.

While a former colleague of mine once said that he would support "any tax cut, any time," suspending the tax on gasoline is a political ploy worthy of "I feel your pain."

Thanks. Now can we actually do something to increase the supply of gas? Make sure that the money we are being taxed actually goes into proven technologies (roads) rather than gimmicks (light rail and other forms of public transit)?

Rather than go any further on the topic of why a "gas tax holiday" is a silly idea, I'll leave it up to The Captain and The Professor.

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