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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (146369)	3/6/2011 4:39:08 PM
From: Dale Baker	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206195

As I mentioned to Bob, America's current political constellation will never come together to pass such a tax so the point is moot. Equally important, the heavily pro-energy policies of the last administration did nothing to hold oil prices down until their financial deregulation sparked a major recessionary contraction. So the assumption that we can ease our problems with looser policies then fix the long-term situation through taxes is a dream world solution, IMHO. I don't see how any of it adds up except in the "They should..." world that exists on op-ed pages and Internet chat boards.