Democrats: For higher gas prices or against higher gas prices?

Posted on March 20, 2008

One guy has answered: “BOTH!”

Fox News: Michigan Congressman Wants 50-Cent Tax Hike on Every Gallon of Gas

A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans’ consumption.

Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it’s a different story.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., wants to help cut consumption with a gas tax…

Here’s the same Dingell buried with his own idiotic contradictions.

The Democratic Party: Congressman John Dingell (MI-15) Delivers Democratic Radio Address (2005)

We must respond to the needs of the American consumers who are seeing the prospect of $4 a gallon gas

Yes! By creating the prospect of $4.50 a gallon gas! Brilliant!

But Dingell can explain why that’s OK:

Thatâ€™s right; millions of your hard-earned tax dollars would go to the same companies reaping the benefit of $3 a gallon of gas and $60 a barrel of oil…We have proposed a tough anti-price gouging law.

So, it’s OK for the government to “gouge” Americans of their “hard-earned tax dollars” (notice the language — it’s not YOUR dollars, it’s TAX dollars). First off, this guy is an economic ignoramus. Second off, even IF the oil companies had been “price gouging” for their “windfall” profits (which is a lie), isn’t that better than the government putting to paper a policy that would purposely cripple the economy?

Sure, look into whether the oil companies are doing anything illegal. Let the facts speak. However, if you are going to scream about unaffordable fuel (which Dingle admits in his 2005 address hurts the economy), how can you then proposed ANOTHER tax that would visit havoc on this country?

Easy answer — the Democrats’ ONLY guiding principle is increased consolidation of centralized government power. Whatever eggs need to be cracked, so be it…we need that omelet.

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