Would not a higher gas tax equate to discrimination towards the poor and down trodden? And seeing as how it is the minority races that are the overwelming recipents of federal and state aid, would that not equate to racism? So seems to me that the powerful white race is advocating keeping the minority races down. So this makes CNN racist!!

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

I guess a short sighted individual would think this was a good idea but adding essentially a dollar tax to every gallon would destroy this countries economy and probably force a large portion of the population into unemployment and quite possibly starve thousands and quite possibly millions of people to death and have people freezing in their homes over the winter. 

If they would look at it closely they would realize that gas is the fuel that keeps this countries economy going it is used in agriculture, shipping, transportation and energy production the purposed increase would probably cause:

1)  Many farmers would go bankrupt before the end of the first growing season leaving much of our countries crops to go unharvested (so much for ethanol) and those farmers that did make it through harvest would pass along the increased cost to the buyer and due to the shortage of food they will pay whatever it takes to buy the food and pass their costs on. 

2)  Shipping companies will do the same but will be also be affected by the slowing economy because as this artificial inflation drags on most small stores and many large stores will close because they either cant afford to purchase goods or if they can get them they cant sale them because nobody can afford them and as the market base shrinks so will the requirements for shipping smaller companies will go under and the larger companies will lay off drivers.

3)  Because everyone in this country will have their purchase power significantly impacted on all fronts there will be people who will not be able to afford to get to work, doctor, or the store (some people will suggest that they walk or ride a bike to any one of these places but say that to someone who lives out of town or who has a disability and what would they do in the winter or severe weather) many people would loose their job simply because they didn’t show up.  School district could no longer afford to transport children to school leaving many children at home or relying on their parents to transport them to school (many children would probably end up simply staying at home).  Emergency transportation would be severally impacted as well as most counties and hospitals could no longer afford to simply finance these services (imagine calling 9/11 to report a fire or accident and being asked for a credit card before they send services).

 4)  Because much of the country is heated in the winter with gas and oil many people will be unable to afford to heat their homes causing many people to freeze to death in their own homes or dieing of carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to heat their home with some other heating source.  People who use electricity to heat their homes wont be in much better shape as electrical costs will skyrocket as all power production in this country other then Hydroelectric and Nuclear power rely on gas powered vehicles to deliver their fuel and even those people that currently receive their power from Hydroelectric and Nuclear power will see steep increases in power costs as the power is distributed over the grid to areas with no active power production. Rolling blackouts and brownouts would be commonplace.

5)  Military law will have to be ordered and the military would be deployed throughout our own country to break up the food and fuel riots that would surly occur.  

6)  Government income would drop significantly (even with the added Gas tax) destroying the budget as we know it with many of the vital programs having to be shutdown as the government could no longer afford them.

7)  Unemployment and joblessness would be at levels the likes of which we haven’t seen since the great depression but even that will pale in comparison.

Our Government saw all these as a possibility of the 9/11 attacks which is why we are where we are not to steal the oil as so many would want you to believe but to secure the oil. But he doesn’t care he wants to raise taxes on gas to spur development of alternative fuels. That will work if he’s thinking about burning all the dead bodies to keep warm in the winter!

Sorry this is so long winded.

That’s true, but he is capable of channeling the poor folks in this country, so all is well.

Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"