In this episode of "Meet the Stupids"….we join Hillary Clinton and John McCain as they desperately flop around grasping for anything that will bolster their hollow and sagging campaigns. Both establishment figures have suggested that over the summer Americans should have 18 1/2 cents of federal taxes on a gallon of gasoline lifted to give all the little people, you know, a break.
The Gas Tax Holiday.
Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both pushing a "gas-tax holiday" to give consumers an 18.4- cent-a-gallon price break. Link
Hillary, upping the populist pandering ante, took it further the other day….
Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson, on a conference call with reporters moments ago, confirmed that she'd be going forward with her plan to introduce the gas tax holiday legislation. Link
Hillary believes this episode of the Stupids can draw a clear distinction with her not-willing-to-pander-that-much opponent, Barack Obama, who does not favor the Stupids "Gas Tax Holiday".
I've just obtained a copy of another ad hitting Obama on the gas tax that Hillary just started airing in Indiana.
The last-minute ad, which went up late on the Friday before election day, says Hillary's gas tax holiday would "save families $8 billion," and adds: "Barack Obama says that's just pennies."
"He'd make you keep paying that tax, instead of big oil," the ad continues. Link
McCain…sounding like the authoritarian father-figure he desires to be for America….intensifies the Stupids "Gas Tax Holiday"…umm….stupidity….by asking, "why not?"
“Why don’t we give American working men and women a little break this summer,” he said. “It’s not the end of western civilization as we know it.” Link
What about the Non-Stupids? What do they say about all this…..
Economists say that while the populist proposals appeal to consumers struggling to make ends meet, the voters will be disappointed when the moves don't work.
They say the oil companies may end up the biggest beneficiaries, while the aid to families wouldn't be enough to buy a $35 backpack. Link
Summarizing this episode of "Meet the Stupids: Gas Tax Holiday"….
The two establishment candidates, John McCain and Hillary Clinton, admiringly tagged The Stupids for this episode, want to reduce gas taxes for three months. That would save the average American a whopping $35, while at the same time it would reduce revenues for highway maintenance while adding $8 billion to the deficit(McCain's version)….and keep gas prices at their currently high rates. See why they're called the Stupids?
In addition, after the summer "Holiday", the Democrats could be blamed for "raising taxes" when the gas taxes were reactivated. All so Americans, apparently distracted easily by shiny objects and trinkets, can save approximately $35!
Barack Obama doesn't appear in this current Stupids episode. He isn't pandering overtly like the two stars of "Meet the Stupids: Gas Tax Holiday"….
The Illinois Democrat has proposed a windfall-profits tax that could cost oil companies $15 billion a year at current profit levels, according to Jason Grumet, a campaign adviser. The plan, which would impose a tax on each barrel of oil over $80, could cost oil producers three times the $50 billion, 10-year windfall-profits tax Clinton has proposed.
Obama would use the money to help pay for a $1,000 tax cut for working families, expand the earned-income tax credit and aid people in paying their energy bills.
Still, it's the gas-tax holiday that's getting the most attention on the campaign trail. Link
Gotta love that last line….."Meet the Stupids: Gas Tax Holiday" is getting all the attention by guess who? Yep, Knee Pad Media. See….if working families actually heard about Obama's $1000 tax cut proposal….well….they might see how vacuous AND Stupid the Hillary and McCain proposal really is. That would be why "Gas Tax Holiday" is "getting the most attention on the campaign trail."
Establishment candidates.
Establishment Knee Padders.
Establishment Stupids.
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The gas tax holiday will cost 310,000 construction jobs over 3-4 years according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Down load the stats here – http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=8p6p4 – which shows Ohio will lose 8,900 jobs and $255 Million in highway funds in the proposed "Holiday" gas tax pander.
Obama is simply pandering to the communist-minded folks who hate profits. Those oil industry cronies who organize the Manchurian's fundraisers will never let it happen.
Olbermann said that the original Manchurian was about a POW that was tortured.
Hmmm…….I wonder who that reminds me of.
There's a more recent version of the movie starring Denzel Washington, Reverend. Denzel is a black man so you may prefer to see that one.
It's a shame you're culling your basic cultural knowledge from an idiot like Olbermann.
I thought the gas holiday was a good idea at first but after reading about it I am not so sure…for a lot of the reasons Jimmy James makes in his comments.
The gas holiday is an insulting fiasco, just like the rebates.
I'm mixed on the rebates. I just think this Adminstration has way overspent, but I think they will short term help the economy.
Conservatives and liberals basically agreeing over policy….and on a blog, mind you.
Yes, We Can.
Yes we can.
But that would require a centrist in the White House who is capable of bringing both sides together, right ?
Do you think Barry O. is a centrist, Rev ?
Or perhaps you prefer the other method by which the Left imposes it's will….
America has been driven into the right hand side ditch of the road.
We need a left sided tow truck to compensate….you know, leverage wise….to pull us back onto the highway.
Obama is the truckdiver.
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