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Gas at $6 per gallon? Get ready.
« on: June 21, 2007, 11:19:00 AM »
Gas at $6 per gallon? Get ready.
By Jim Wooten | Thursday, June 21, 2007, 08:15 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Get ready for Congress to solve the energy problem just as it has previously solved the illegal immigration problem. A bill being debated in the Senate this week is described by some of its supporters as “far from perfect” but “a good start.”

A good start, yes, to higher gas and food prices, to new taxes and to forcing consumers to pay for high-cost “renewable” energy sources — solar and wind, for example — that are to energy independence what bicycle trails are to traffic-congestion relief.

The Senate bill, grandiosely and falsely dubbed the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007, should come with a section prohibiting price gouging — by Congress. The legislation “could result in significantly higher prices for gasoline consumers,” according to Heritage Foundation researchers. “A review of S. 1419, including the just-completed section on tax changes, reveals that the bill could increase the price of regular unleaded gasoline from $3.14 per gallon (the early May national average) to $6.40 in 2016 — a 104 percent increase,” write Heritage Foundation researchers William W. Beach and Shanea Watkins.
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Re: Gas at $6 per gallon? Get ready.
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2007, 10:58:54 AM »
Oh yeah our wonderful congress, sometimes they make as much sense as taking a bath in a septic tank! >:(
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