me: > > The expert opinion in question is that of economists (and I see > > nothing wrong with criticizing economists), but in this case they're > > right: a gas tax holiday _is_ pandering. The oil industry would be the > > main beneficiaries of this "holiday."
Doug: > Except that Hillary proposed a windfall tax on the oil co's to compensate > for the gas tax holiday. I agree it's a massively stupid idea, though. yeah, I knew that. I just think that the holiday is much more likely to happen than the windfall tax. Also, I'm sure that in the process of giving $$ to the oil interests and then taxing it away, some of it would stick to the corporate coffers. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
