urbanleftbehind
2008-04-18 12:33:06
If the price of transport (of goods) goes up with an increase in the gas tax, it eventually becomes an indirect tariff on foreign goods in the sense that producers will gradually utilize or situate inputs closer to the site of processing and to the greatest share of its consumers.
On top of that, I feel we should be drilling closer to home, do away with the EPA-mandated differential summer fuel blends (a bone for our urban/suburban friends), and leverage our illegal Mexican “hostages” for oil from down there.
