Don't Quote Me
I remember reading in some applied economics text that for every penny in the rise of the cost of a gallon of gasoline the greater economy loses roughly a billion USD.
Since the beginning of 2002, gasoline prices have risen by an average of 80 cents a gallon - effectively negating more than one-quarter of the $316 billion in 'stimulus' that was provided by the three federal tax cuts. Let's call a spade a spade here. We're adults. Right? :) The 'tax cuts' were really a tax-shift from the federal to the state and local. Either that, or your services have been sharply curtailed.
Just a bit of economic trivia provided by your humble author.
And no, don't quote me on the gasoline price impact figures. They may be somewhat out of date. A year or two at most.
Since the beginning of 2002, gasoline prices have risen by an average of 80 cents a gallon - effectively negating more than one-quarter of the $316 billion in 'stimulus' that was provided by the three federal tax cuts. Let's call a spade a spade here. We're adults. Right? :) The 'tax cuts' were really a tax-shift from the federal to the state and local. Either that, or your services have been sharply curtailed.
Just a bit of economic trivia provided by your humble author.
And no, don't quote me on the gasoline price impact figures. They may be somewhat out of date. A year or two at most.
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