Economic View: Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It DoesnÂt Sound Republican
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For nearly two decades, Alan Greenspan was hardly a proponent of raising taxes on energy to encourage conservation. Until now.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.
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Gas prices are on the way up again, and the Detroit News predicts we'll see $3 a gallon this summer. Plus: AAA mapping adds road-closure and fuel-cost features, outstripping Mapquest. In Autopia.
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Some automotive industry executives insist that Americans still won't pay for significantly higher fuel economy. Are they right?
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Democrats planning a hefty increase in fuel-economy requirements for cars face opposition from one of their own, John D. Dingell.
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Soaring per-barrel prices should have seen inflation soar, but as they hit their peak, it didn&#39;t happen. Here are some possible explanations.
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In mid-May with gasoline prices at $2.95 a gallon and rising, 15 percent of Americans listed high fuel prices as their top concern, outstripping terrorism. And much of the public seemed ready to vent its wrath on President Bush and the Republican-led Congress. According to this theory, the... Are...
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Ok, so most consumer prices barely budged in August. Inflation is far from a threat now. And things, especially in Michigan, aren&#39;t exactly smoking.
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Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of the slowest driving months of the year. That's leading experts to predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.
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A cash crunch is fast approaching for the government trust fund that pays to build and repair highways and bridges, but Congress is also reluctant to raise the gas tax
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Congress is likely to try other economic boosts. The GOP wants to extend the Bush tax cuts set to expire in 2010.
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U.S. average gasoline prices rose 8 percent, or 21 cents, in 2007 from the prior year, an industry analyst said, as oil prices rose. The average annual price for U.S. gasoline was $2.7878 in 2007, up from 2006's $2.5730, according to the Lundberg survey of about 7,000 U.S. gas stations.
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Oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $1.88, an increase of a half-cent in the past two weeks.
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Over the summer, rising oil prices meant higher gasoline costs for drivers in the United States. This winter, as crude oil touched $53 a barrel today, they will translate into higher heating bills for American households.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: Lib Dem tax proposals are a blow for sanity in an era of excess. Labour should do better than try to trash them pointlessly.
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Life in America's third-largest city is already expensive: Motorists pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and shoppers get hit with sales taxes higher than those in New York or Los Angeles. Now it could get even worse.
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To the editor:    In response to the Wednesday story, "Commission OKs water rate increase":  No, your pants aren't on fire, it's just our elected county officials blowing smoke as they squeeze us to ensure developers' continued profits.