Why Is There No National Energy Policy?
National energy policy? Why bother? A dollar/gallon investment tax on gasoline, the 10% solution and a 10 cents / pound carbon dioxide tax are all we need.
National energy policy? Why bother? A dollar/gallon investment tax on gasoline, the 10% solution and a 10 cents / pound carbon dioxide tax are all we need.
Reuters | John Whitesides | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
The heated presidential campaign battle over a federal gas tax holiday turned out to be a much needed gift for Barack Obama -- and he can thank Democr...
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home
The press conference was marked by sad Clintonian parsing. The primary is close, depending on how you define "close." Gas prices are a white issue. African-Americans, as a mass, are Obama's "passionate supporters."
Trey Ellis | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
It seems that for now at least, in this election, all of us are paying enough attention to the issues to make an informed decision.
John Eskow | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
Mrs. Clinton gaily laughed off the criticism, saying: "I think the good crystal-meth users of blue-collar America know a whole lot more about this issue than a bunch of pointy-headed 'elitists' in Washington, D.C."
Carl Pope | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home
You've probably noticed that one of the most visible issues of the Clinton-Obama race recently has been the question of a "holiday" from the...
Talking Points Memo | David Kurtz | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
Top Hillary surrogate Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was on MSNBC this morning defending her gas tax holiday: "Thank God that we don't have economists ma...
Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she'll have no truck with economists telling her where to put her gas-tax holiday. Well, now she's got a truckload...
Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Anyone who votes for Clinton in order to save 18 cents per gallon for 3 months should not let her stop there; they should demand that she repeal her husband's gas tax hike.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Obama says I will save only $30 under the McCain/Clinton plan, but that hardly seems audacious or hopeful! So, I decided to see what I'd have to do to save a mere $100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton's acknowledgment this weekend to ignore expert assessments of her gas tax suspension is a marked shift for a candidate known for her i...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Both of the would-be Democratic nominees found themselves all over the morning shows today, and the small-bore issue of a "gas tax holiday" continued ...
Jonathan Diamond | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
It's the Iraq war resolution vote all over again: make a mistake, and by God I'm gonna stick by that mistake because I'm resolute. That's not reversing the system, that's perpetuating it.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
CNN's senior gas-bag, Lou Dobbs, said that Sen. Obama's proposal of a gas-bag holiday should make Americans "question his patriotism."
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: Former Clinton labor secretary, and now Obama supporter, Robert Reich, asks some Clinton economic advisers about her comments this morning: W...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
MUNSTER, Ind. — Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama used his press conference this morning to go after Clinton on her recent gas tax holiday proposal. Obama claimed Clinton is borrowi...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
Obama has released a new ad in Indiana criticizing Clinton for her gas tax holiday, and featuring his own energy plan: CBS News' Brian Montopoli as...
Bloomberg | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
Bloomberg reports: Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both pushing a "gas-tax holiday" to give consumers an 18.4- cent-a-gallon price break. Clinton...
AP | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg called a summer-long suspension of the gas tax favored by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican John...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
Aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton defended on Thursday her support for a gas-tax holiday - a proposal that has been roundly criticized by economic and ene...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
Joe Andrews, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee in the late 1990s, warned on Thursday the actions of Sen. Hillary Clinton had th...
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
(4/30: Updated with new statements) With just days before the next set of Democratic primaries, the idea of a summer "gas tax holiday" is working its...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
In today's New York Times, Paul Krugman takes John McCain to task over his lack of "straight talk" on tax policies. Krugman equates McCain's policies...
McClatchy | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton Monday criticized Barack Obama for opposing the concept of suspending the gasoline tax during the peak summer driving months, a plan b...
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Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics