McCain says that we should help the consumers by abating the $.18 a gallon

[zbdent]

gasoline tax ...

gee ... you think the repealing of the tax cuts for the oil companies might actually do more for taxpayers than a brief $.18 a gallon savings (which will, of course, be erased by the latest reason why the oil companies would figure out to jack up the price)?

[Donnachaidh]

1. yeah -- we give up the 18 cents in taxes and the oil companies raise the

cost per gallon 18 cents -- so tell me McSlurpy -- WHO benefits again? :grr:

[zbdent]

3. and ... don't forget ...

the oil companies who had all those "Army Corps of Engineers" levees in Louisiana paid for by the government ... and yet, they didn't bother contributing one thin dime for fortifying them with all of their record profits (of which they announced two weeks after being given massive tax breaks by the Republican-owned Congress) ...

[leftyclimber]

2. Like $3.17 instead of $3.35 is going to make a big difference in my life

Kind of like when there was a tax cut that gave me a whole extra 44 cents a month in my paycheck.

Woohoo! When I fill my gas tank it would cost $47.55 instead of $50.25! A whole extra $10.80 a month! And still more than I can reasonably afford at 10 bucks' savings!

God, you dumb sumbitch (McCain, that is), don't you understand that it costs almost as much per month to feed the car as it does to feed my family? How about some public transportation that's worth a shit instead? :mad:

[zbdent]

6. McCain admitted he knew jack shi* about economics ...

(and thanks for clarifying whom you were calling a dumb sumbitch ...:thumbsup:)

[Divernan]

4. And the govt. would lose tax revenue which would result in raising OTHER taxes.

I know the US voters have been dumbed down by our substandard educational system, but I HOPE (GOBAMA!) that they are smart enough to see right through this latest GOP hoax!

You see, McCain, it's a zero sum game. Whenever you lower one tax, you have to raise another, OR increase the deficit further, i.e., go into debt to the Chinese further (selling more govt. bonds to them). Now if we repealed the corporate welfare to Big Oil, fatcats' stock dividends & CEO's multi-million dollar annual bonuses would have to be reduced.

[stray cat]

13. He wants to freeze government spending except for military

and eliminate SS and Medicare except for whoever he thinks should get it.

[earthside]

5. Let's run the entire federal government ...

... by just borrowing the money.

Why should anyone pay taxes?

Answer me that.

[Yavin4]

16. Who Will Loan Us The Money?

No one will loan us trillions of dollars knowing that it won't be paid back.

[Doctor Cynic]

17. The Chinese have. They're getting a bit twitchy with every passing day.

[toadzilla]

7. sweet! and then we can watch our infrastructure crumble even more!

taxes schmaxes, we dont need money to do things like fix all those silly bridges and potholes.

[thunder35]

8. I'll take it even for a cent. I always go to the lowest price gas station

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Another Bandaid where stitches are required.

[zbdent]

14. more like leeches when

a tourniquet is needed ...

on edit ...

Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber, anyone?

[0007]

10. We are so screwed!

[Cresent City Kid]

11. voodoo economics II

We'll wind up paying the 18 cents in price hikes like previoulsy stated, and the budget deficit will take another hit.

[stray cat]

12. And freezing all nonmilitary spending and dropping some SS and Medicare

[Warpy]

15. Where does McStupid think we're going to get the money

to keep the highways repaired from? The states? They're tapped out. The taxpayers? Forget it. The rich? They're anointed by fundy god and can't be tapped.

What a totally ignorant asshole that man is. Eighteen cents a gallon isn't going to make that much of a dent when gas is $3.29 at the pump. What needs to be done is raising WAGES, something no conservative ever thinks of.