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- cg4et, on 05/02/2008, -1/+4I just wish Obama could get some credit for giving Americans the REAL straight talk.
- nikkunikku, on 05/01/2008, -1/+4Now if only the media would talk about it.
- Debmood, on 05/01/2008, -3/+5Hillary continues to work along with her good friend and foe, John McCain. I agree with Mayor Bloomberg. It is indeed the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. It's another Hillary lie. She will say anything to win or to get McCain to win if she doesn't. These two, Hillary and John, need to form their own party because they are clearly not for the working people. I saw on YouTube where Hillary didn't know how to use the working man's coffee machine in one of the stunts she was pulling in Indiana. It was probably her first time having to use such a thing from a quick stop store. She has servants so that sort of thing.
- 3tcp, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1From a macro economic point of view this isn't necessarily better than other forms of economic stiumuls. The problem with this drastic shift in gasoline price is that people are unprepared for it. People don't have time to rearrange their budgets to be able to afford it when a commute that had previously cost them 20min of work each day suddenly costs 40min of work. When this price shock is occuring at the same time as shocks to other goods that they cant' just choose to not consume like food then it can be really hard on them.
Bloomberg's argument that it would remove some of the incentive for peopel to conserve more is true. People do use less when it's expensive and this is good but there's a lot of people who are already using as little as they can. They still have to get to work and the higher price won't cause their consumption to fall unless it forces them into unemployment.
This idea isn't good from a 'create jobs, restart the economy' standpoint, it is good from a 'help those who are hurting most' point of view. Frankly, it is a pretty progressive idea to come out of a conservative. - orelses, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3I've been saying this over a year now. Obama / Bloomberg 08.
Talk about a ticket for at least an attempt at a true modern yet thoughful economic vision. - moulin1, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1"And so it has appeared to some analysts and diplomats that the White House and us are playing as one team towards the economic goals of the United States, even if the intentions differ." --- Osama bin Ladin
- moulin1, on 05/02/2008, -1/+2Does anyone really think the price at their local staion is going to drop 18 cents if the feds suspend the gas tax? The price will remain exactly the same. The bonus will stay in the hands of filling stations, distributors, and producers. In other words the proposal is a multi-billion dollar gift to price gouging oil companies. Who will of course make a generous contribution to the McCain and Clinton campaigns.
- elamr, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1I wish Bloomberg would run as an Independent. I'm sick of party lines and appeasement. We really need three strong parties to keep every honest.
- redcolumbine, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Clinton and McCain are as tight as Bush and bin Laden.
- kprooney, on 05/02/2008, -1/+1and how much longer till the election?
(checks watch)
6 months till I can back to dorky tech news, aww man - franklymister, on 05/02/2008, -2/+2I'd been hoping for Obama/Clark - but I'd love to vote for an Obama/Bloomberg ticket.
- John2Luke, on 05/02/2008, -1/+0Which they won''t. Because "economics" is too "hard" for the public. Plus they like the Hillary/McCain concept. It's Obama and something new that scares the bejesus out of them.
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