$4.00 Gas??

1) No way. It would needlessly put the biggest burden on the working poor. We already have the state lotteries for that.

2) Paying down the deficit makes accountants happy but has not been shown to give any real boost to the economy.

3) That idiot swath of Middle America does a great deal of the real work in this country. You should treat them with more respect.

 

No. Though, I'd give an extra $1 a gallon that would go into a pool so that oil company executives could take it as bonuses and perks and such.

I'm used to doing that, at any rate.

 

Clinton paid down the deficit with gas prices at less than $1, so sorry, no way.

 

Projected 2007 deficit $290 Billion - its coming down

 

Good, then the government doesn't need any help.

 

What else needs to be said?

I don't trust the government any further than I could throw them ... even with a bad knee.

 

Yes, and the Bushies have shown a canny knack for hitting their budget projections. You should have no reason to doubt them on this one.

 

I hope those of you who actually engage in sports journalism know more about that topic than this one.

I doubt it ...

 

I voted no. It would be like using a regressive/flat tax to pay the bill for the Bush administration's irresponsible tax cuts and out-of-contol spending. It would disproportionately hurt lower- and middle-class working people who need to use gas to work and get to work.