How Stupid Do They Think We Are?

I'm sorry, but this whole idea of a gas tax "holiday" is f'ing ridiculous. Chopping 18 cents off my $4 gallon of gas doesn't mean squat and probably wouldn't amount to more than $30 over the course of the summer. And that's IF the gas stations don't decide to just increase the price and add another few billion dollars to their bottom line. You think they are gonna go outside the day after this law passes and lower their prices? Hell, they'll just leave the same prices up there and pocket the 18 cents for themselves.

Trust me, I lived through the bogus 2001 energy "crisis" where Enron and their pals ripped off California for about $15 billion. These corrupt energy execs would be happy to jack the prices up 18 cents the day after this so-called holiday is passed into law. You wouldn't save a single penny, but your roads will start having a lot more potholes.

And I'd love to see how the politicians deal with the end of the gas tax holiday on Labor Day. With gas prices already sitting at $4, I'm sure Americans would love to see prices jump 18 cents just two months before an election. You'd see the gas tax "holiday" become a permanent holiday, and Exxon Mobil would laugh all the way to the bank. Those 18 cents are the only part of the gas price that actually goes to something useful. The rest goes to oil execs, OPEC, and terrorists. If anything we should rename it the "Iraq War Tax" and pop it up to $1 per gallon. I'd love to see all those patriotic war-loving Republicans rush to the pump to do their part in this epic struggle for freedom.

It's no surprise that McCain and Hillary would sign onto this stupid gas tax holiday idea. Props to Obama for calling it a dumb gimmick.

I'd use more forceful language, but then again I'm not a politician.