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To: koan who wrote (71760)	3/31/2010 6:10:34 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

"Liberals have been wanting to put a big tax on gas for ever." That it hasn't happened yet should inform you. "And why didn't other states ever create a permanent fund with what they had? Why don't they do it now?" Why indeed!

To: koan who wrote (71760)	3/31/2010 6:11:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

We could have mandated higher gas milage 50 years ago, or put a $1 gas tax on, but were too stupid to do that. Can you imagine how much oil we would have saved?! That has nothing to do with utopia, it has to do with stupidity in not doin git! That is econ 101 vinter! Raise gas prices and people will conserve oil and the country wins. Liberals have been wanting to put a big tax on gas for ever. We're coming out of the Great Recession. Do you think Obama has the choice of putting on a gas tax at this stage of the recovery?