Clinton Joins McCain on Gas-Tax Holiday; Obama Opposes

Policy differences between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been far and few, but a new one emerged on Monday over a proposed gas tax holiday. Obama says heâ??s against while Clinton says sheâ??s in favor, putting her on the same side as John McCain, who proposed such a holiday last week.

Gas prices could hit $4 this summer, raising the ire of voters and putting pressure on presidential candidates to promise immediate action.

Speaking on Larry King Live on Monday night, Clinton outlined a series of steps to address the issue at the beginning of the show, reflecting the growing importance of pocketbook concerns among voters. â??I would also consider a gas tax holiday, if we could make up the lost revenues from the Highway Trust Fund,â?� she said, without specifying how to make up those lost revenues.

Earlier Monday at a community college in the Philadelphia suburbs, Obama rejected a tax holiday as bad economic policy. â??Iâ??ve said I think John McCainâ??s proposal for a three-month tax holiday is a bad idea,â?� Obama said, warning consumers that any price cut would be short lived before costs spike back.
Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Clinton Joins McCain on Gas-Tax Holiday; Obama Opposes

NO REASON to give the tax payers temporary relief on gas prices? Obama....the picture says it all.

Have a good one!:s4:

3 months? That's pointless

It really makes no difference. Do all that work, maybe get gas down to $3 dollars a gallon, and then it'll shoot back up. Every oil carrier in the world knows how dependant we are on oil (especially foreign oil) and they use it to their advantage. Make as many holidays as you want, it won't make the slightest difference. Until we reduce or eliminate our need for foreign oil, or find some sort of replacement, gasoline will only continue to get more expensive, because we're lazy enough and stupid enough that we'll pay any price. Either that, or we'll kill you for it. Whichever comes first.

instead of a tax break for afew months totaling maybe $200. ohhh what help to the average american. rape the average american then give a tinny cut for afew months. if you agree thats snobish
why dont the congress/senate do something about all the large profits the oil companys make. they have already made more profit this quarter this year than all of last year. theres something wrong with that.

Look at the truckers that have to fill up two 200 gallon tanks, that's about $75 dollars saved.

Oil companies make the same percentage of profit no matter what the price of oil is. Granted, they are making more but who actually is reaping the rewards? The same people that the left love to protect....Iran and Venezualla!

Report: Iran's president says oil prices too low

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an oil and gas exhibition in Tehran on Friday that he thought the commodity still had to "discover its real value," according to the Web site of Iran's state-run television.
The Associated Press: Report: Iran's president says oil prices too low

NOW lets pull out of Iraq and let the supply of oil be cut by 3 million barrels/day. That should help out the prices.

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Instead of this ploy for votes, more money and research needs to be put into research for other alternatives like hydrogen power.
Oil is gonna eventually run out in a few decades so we might as well get the ball rolling and stop procrastinating

In this case, I agree with Obama. You are essentially trading lower gas for less maintenance of roads.

There's plenty of other taxes that should be cut rather than gas or allocate some federal highway funds from other taxes.

It's quite sickening for me to think back to when the oil companies had such a spike in profits and the government said they were going to force the companies to use the excessive profits to improve refineries so that the cost of gasoline would go down...Seems that they instead gave the companies a high five and joined teams with them after discovering just how much money could be made...Sounds like the American way of government to me.

I dont understand why yours or my government dont just say ok car companies you want to sell cars in north america then they have to be plug in electric cars.The technology is there we do have plug in electric cars that work just fine.So instead of giving our money to the arabs we could keep our money in our own country and help ourselves.CAN you imagine the shock on our arab friends when we say sorry no more oil for us go shove it..Im paying 5$ a gallon up here in canada its fucking ridiculouse...its got to stop

This summer Im thinking of buying an old diesel and converting it to run on free french fry oil. Best investment ever