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eschatonblog.com - 12/29/2008
Gas Tax
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The advantage of a gas tax is that is does line up prices more closely with actual cost, due to various externalities, and that by putting the money towards SUPERTRAINS and other transit improvements the costs of a regressive tax can be turned into benefits for lower income people in the form ...
The Net-Zero Gas Tax
weeklystandard.com - 12/27/2008
The Net-Zero Gas Tax
— weeklystandard.com — A once-in-a-generation chance. by Charles Krauthammer 01/05/2009, Volume 014, Issue 16... (more) The Net-Zero Gas Tax
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Editorial: The Gas Tax
nytimes.com - 12/27/2008
Editorial: The Gas Tax
— nytimes.com — If the Obama administration is to meet its twin objectives of reducing the consumption of foreign oil... and cutting emissions, it needs to curb the nation’s demand for energy. > (more) Editorial: The Gas Tax
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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/5/2009
For A Gas Tax
— swampland.blogs.time.com — Charles Krauthammer has an absolutely compelling, and completely unexpected, argument for a gasoline tax in the Weekly... Standard. He proposes a $1 per gallon tax that would be revenue neutral, 100% redistributed into payroll taxes and social security ... (more) For A Gas Tax

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The Gray Lady Calls for a Gas Tax
Firedoglake — ... for a gas tax (h/t Atrios). And their editorial not only advocates for what I consider a smart policy, but they hit the key issues: that it's not enough to force manufacturers to build energy efficient cars. ...

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