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time.com - 12/15/2008

Black Gold: It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax

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The only good economic news lately has been the collapse of oil prices. At the beginning of July, just five months ago, the price of a barrel of was more than $140. By the beginning of December, it was down to about $45. That's a drop of more than two-thirds. In the U.S., we consume about 15 ...

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