Notwithstanding the fact that not a single economist has stepped forward to actually say it’s a good idea, Hillary Clinton continues to push her inane gas tax holiday idea:
NDIANAPOLIS, May 1 — With polls showing signs of erosion in his candidacy, Sen. Barack Obama sought Thursday to shift the focus of the Democratic campaign away from the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and back to the economy and his dispute with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton over her proposal to suspend the federal tax on gasoline.
Clinton stood her ground on the gas tax proposal, which has drawn widespread criticism from economists and some Democratic leaders. The senator from New York said that, even though long-term measures are needed to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, it is essential to demonstrate to hard-pressed consumers that elected leaders recognize the strains they are under now.
“I find it, frankly, a little offensive that people who don’t have to worry about filling up their gas tank or what they buy when they go to the supermarket think it’s somehow illegitimate to provide relief for . . . millions and millions of Americans,” Clinton indignantly told a town hall meeting in Brownsburg, Ind., on Thursday morning.
If you call $ 30 over the course of three months relief, then you must be working off quite an interesting dictionary there Senator.
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