Oh those gas prices! – Part II
Soaring gas prices continue to provide fodder for candidates. Sen. Hillary Clinton today announced a plan to ease motorists’ pain.
Among other things, Clinton would impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies and use the money to suspend the gas tax for the peak summer months. She would also close ”$7.5 billion in oil and gas loopholes” and use the funds to help low income families pay food and energy bills.
Locally, Westchester Legislator George Oros, a Cortlandt Republican and a candidate in the 19th Congressional District, issued a press release today calling upon the Board of Legislators to halt the collection of county sales taxes on gasoline purchases.
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If William Gouldman’s, George Oros’s and Hillary Clinton’s plan go into effect we might have some real relieve here. I hope they can make this happen.
Nonsense. A temporary band-aid at best. The problem needs major surgery, not a quick fix. Clinton continues to “round up the usual suspects,” the oil companies. Start rounding up Al Gore and the ethanol mob, which consists of members of both parties.