And the Winner Is . . .
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Hillary Clinton with 51%, to Barack Obama's 49%.
I don't think the gas tax thing helped Clinton. People jumped off on Obama's talking points, on the gas tax being a gimmick. People DO say she has no chance of changing the way the gas profits get distributed, and that she is pandering. But, how do they expect Obama to do anything either? In Texas, we all get a tax-free weekend on certain retail items for "back to school." I've never heard anyone complain about that, or complain that the prices where being hiked up in accordance.
What Clinton wanted to do was to give us some relief, to show us on what side our leaders are with their votes, an acknowledgement of the problem, if you will. She would then make the oil companies pay for this tax break--and, how can some of us, Democrats, think that she would be stupid enough to let them raise the prices on us in other ways. Come on people.
Clinton was hurt by her stance on the SHORT TERM gas tax holiday because no one believed in real change.
No change will occur unless we change our own attitudes on what we can be accomplished, no matter who leads us.
A win is a win, and so we keep going.
Still Clinton 08', and more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
I don't think the gas tax thing helped Clinton. People jumped off on Obama's talking points, on the gas tax being a gimmick. People DO say she has no chance of changing the way the gas profits get distributed, and that she is pandering. But, how do they expect Obama to do anything either? In Texas, we all get a tax-free weekend on certain retail items for "back to school." I've never heard anyone complain about that, or complain that the prices where being hiked up in accordance.
What Clinton wanted to do was to give us some relief, to show us on what side our leaders are with their votes, an acknowledgement of the problem, if you will. She would then make the oil companies pay for this tax break--and, how can some of us, Democrats, think that she would be stupid enough to let them raise the prices on us in other ways. Come on people.
Clinton was hurt by her stance on the SHORT TERM gas tax holiday because no one believed in real change.
No change will occur unless we change our own attitudes on what we can be accomplished, no matter who leads us.
A win is a win, and so we keep going.
Still Clinton 08', and more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
Clinton 08 !
Buddy, thats as dumb as saying the familys with a soldier in Iraq dont have a stake in the war!
Clinton 08 !
You eye sight may decrease as you get older, but aren't we suppose to aloso get wiser with age and experience?
Still Clinton 08', and more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
With that said haven't you seen the adamant one's posting that will not vote Democrat if their candidate is not our nominee, pc is one them. I pledged a long time ago to support whomever our nominee is no matter who that is and no matter how angry I may get at the other one.
And, Yes, you do get wiser with age and experience if you remember to learn from those experiences :)
Democrats 08 12 16 for starters :)
Thank you for your post.
Hillary, the only candidate that can speak with out teleprompters.
A gas tax sounds like a great idea, but not really for me.
I am a Civil Engineer and work for the Iowa DOT. This would be taking money from the funding that is needed for roads, bridges, etc. etc. And causing layoffs and less man hours for our sizable amount of employees here at the Iowa DOT.
This is only a personal opinon, I am no economist, but it is a matter that effects me personally
Still Clinton 08', and more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
Still Clinton 08', and more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
The oil companies would gain in the same way. They may make mllions more on the increased sales.
The average family would save $24 over the summer.
Good idea? idon't think so.
Listen to the economists from the Brookings institute
The gas tax is $0.18 cents to the gallon, or something like that. I have an 18 gallon tank. I fill up 5 times a month. Saves me about $16 a month. So from June to August $48, I can go to the movies about 6 times--I'll take that.
But once again, it's about acknowledging the problem with a vote that says we hear your hurting, and we need to start moving, to get things changing in the right direction for the long term.
Still Clinton 08', but more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.
Still Clinton 08', but more importantly, a
Democrat in 08'.