mccain and hillary want it. obama's against it. on this one i side with obama, not because i'm against lowering taxes (i'm not), but because it's an issue of style over substance and will put precious little money into consumers' pockets (calculate your savings here).
however, like so many things with obama, his present high-mindedness is in direct contradiction to his past actions:
however, like so many things with obama, his present high-mindedness is in direct contradiction to his past actions:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLPqTxd4Fe7e5EymHU-kTUgweRDQD90BPHC01WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama dismissed his rivals' calls for national gas tax holiday as a political ploy that won't help struggling consumers.
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Obama took a different view on the issue when he was an Illinois legislator, voting at least three times in favor of temporarily lifting the state's 5 percent sales tax on gasoline.
The tax holiday was finally approved during a special session in June of 2000, when Illinois motorists were furious that gas prices had just topped $2 a gallon in Chicago.
During one debate, he joked that he wanted signs on gas pumps in his district to say, "Senator Obama reduced your gasoline prices."