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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (255045)7/5/2014 10:29:04 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 541791
 
What I keep trying to explain to you, is that you are missing Keynes thesis regarding the power of economic stimulation.

A gas tax is probably more neutral, but fundamental to keeping our infrastructure modern and safe.

What is taken out in taxes is put back in, in the purchase of materials and labor.

Which creates more jobs, businesses, taxes, etc and stimulates the economy.

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It's a bit of a rhetorical question I guess - so there is sure no need to answer if you don't want to. But at the very heart of keynesian thinking is to get more money into the hands of the individual. Taxing something as ubiquitous as gasoline does the exact opposite. I don't think those two points are even arguable. And yes, republicans are playing obstructionist here - so typically.
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