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116 comments on Do you agree that President Obama should significantly raise US gasoline taxes during his term in office?

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jeppen on January 18, 2009 - 5:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Please. With an accumulated public debt of ten trillion and a daily deficit averaging three-point-four billion, you are seriously contemplating how you'd like to spend small increases in tax revenue? (A dollar per gallon in taxes gives you much less than a billion per day.)

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Nate Hagens on January 18, 2009 - 11:11pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

At least for now my Swedish friend, perception is reality....

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plunsfo on January 19, 2009 - 7:15am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

A $billion a day is more than 1/3 of a $trillion per year. That's not chump change, and its a start.

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