Republican Logic
Apr 27th, 2006 at 2:54 pm by Susie
“We’ll buy you a couple of tanks of gas if you let us drill for oil in Alaska. Deal?” Via Dr. S:
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans advocate sending $100 rebate checks to millions of taxpayers, and a Democrat is leading the campaign for a 60-day gasoline tax holiday.
Either way, it seems no one in Congress wants to be without a plan, however symbolic, to attack the election-year spike in gasoline prices.
A vote is possible as early as this week on the Senate GOP approach, which calls for $100 rebate checks for taxpayers to cushion the impact of higher gasoline prices. The measure seems unlikely to prevail, at least initially, since it includes a highly controversial proposal to open a portion of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
Lawmakers Scramble to Ease Gas-Price Pain
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Senate Republicans advocate sending $100 rebate checks to millions of taxpayers, and a Democrat …
One point to ponder:
That check will be taxable, so it’s not even buying full, multiple tanks of gas for the SUV bribees.