Well she did say "cut ONLY if tax" -- and I'm of two minds on the whole thing. Well, one and a half.
Yes, it's pandering.
Yes, it's naive -- this is not the 40s through the 70s where we could expecty it not to just show up tomorrow as above-the-line costs.
On the other hand (partly), if it were to work, and were the oil companies not to raise prices by 18c a gallon to offset it, it would fall in the category of actually sounding like a Democratic senator.
Though I'd be happier if she'd actually introduce a bill to that effect, so Shrub would shoot it down and McCain would have to either vote for a corporate tax increase or vote against his own proposed cut.
(As for its effect on gasoline usage: probably negligible either way.)
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Date: 2008-05-05 11:03 pm (UTC)Yes, it's pandering.
Yes, it's naive -- this is not the 40s through the 70s where we could expecty it not to just show up tomorrow as above-the-line costs.
On the other hand (partly), if it were to work, and were the oil companies not to raise prices by 18c a gallon to offset it, it would fall in the category of actually sounding like a Democratic senator.
Though I'd be happier if she'd actually introduce a bill to that effect, so Shrub would shoot it down and McCain would have to either vote for a corporate tax increase or vote against his own proposed cut.
(As for its effect on gasoline usage: probably negligible either way.)