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Don in Colorado on May 20, 2006 - 1:13pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Westexas, I always tell my hardcore retired Republican buddies that we should put a $10-per-gallon tax on gasoline to help pay for the Iraq War.
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westexas on May 20, 2006 - 3:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Confession:  I was a volunteer in the 1996 and (to a lesser extent) 2000 Steve Forbes for President campaigns (I liked his tax policies).  Ironically, I now disagree vehemently with Steve regarding Peak Oil, but it was an interesting experience.  I got to meet lots of people way above my pay scale.  

In any case, I had dinner last night with a senior member of the Forbes campaign (who had been a member of the Reagan Administration).   She was largely Peak Oil unaware, but I pitched the Energy Tax/Abolish the Payroll Tax idea, and I think I sold her on the idea.  

She said that lots of Republicans are now lamenting their choice for president and telling her that she was correct when she tried to warn them about Bush.  I asked her if she could imagine George W. Bush giving Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech."  She said that "George Bush probably can't spell Berlin Wall."  

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skylar on May 20, 2006 - 3:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Thomas Friedman and Sen Richard Lugar were on C-span this afternoon discussing energy and foreign policy. After much hedging they both endorsed an increased gas tax and a lowering of the payroll tax:

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=161283941

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