Candidates’ gas plans are pure snake oil
By Bill O’Reilly
Sen. John McCain proposes a gas tax “holiday” this summer. True, that would save the folks a few bucks, but it would also add to the massive spending deficit. The government better start balancing the budget soon, before Haagen-Dazs becomes more valuable than the U.S. currency.
The sad truth is that both political parties have sold out the folks. For decades, economists knew China and India were industrializing, and that those countries would demand ever greater amounts of oil. Everybody knew that OPEC would slow down production and gouge the world if it could and, of course, now it can.
But if Americans would get angry and begin punishing the oil bandits, prices would drop. However, we are often a selfish people. We want those gas-guzzling Hummers and SUVs, and we’re paying a big price for that, above and beyond the sticker.