Our friend Michael missed his economics 101 class.
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>> We need a minimum $1 a gallon tax on gasoline with all proceeds being
>> used for "stimulus" just like the "stimulus" we had recently. Do not
>> confuse this with money flowing to state governments or some state run
>> project. That may be a stimulus, but it is not the right thing to so
>> about gas guzzlers and dependence of foreign oil.
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> So what you are saying is that money should be taken from productive
> people then routed through government which skims a significant
> percentage off in handling costs and then be politically redistributed
> to those government favors. This helps the economy exactly how? Is it to
> force responsible and productive people to save less? Less savings means
> less money available for loans and investment. But maybe instead of
> cutting their savings people will just cut their spending elsewhere to
> make up for what government took from them. This means instead of say,
> buying a tank of gas and a pack of new socks a person just buys a tank
> of gasoline and pays the new tax. Too bad for the people making socks.
> (and yes, there are still socks made in the USA, as those are the ones I > buy)
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