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To: JohnM who wrote (255040)	7/5/2014 2:39:39 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (3) of 541842

<<<< Well, what he's trying to do is, given the politics of the moment, try to get a wedge in to save the highway trust fund>>>> Yes, I acknowledge that. I also agree with the idea. What I wondered though is if you take money out of everyone's pocket - so they have less money to spend - isn't that the exact opposite of what he has been prescribing as being needed to get the economy to speed up? 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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