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  Post  Clinton, McCain want fuel-tax holiday; Obama disagrees
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has come out against the idea of a federal fuel tax holiday this summer, calling it a "short term, quick fix" proposal. Democratic contender Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Sen. John McCann have both already called for the holiday.

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interesting article. why is she agreeing with mccain ? doesn't make sense. gov't crap behind the scenes we don't know about yet.
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Clinton went a step further and also wants to levy a windfall profits tax against Big Oil. She wants to use the revenue from such a tax to bolster the federal highway fund.
Highway fund? how about using the money to fix the issue



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All three candidates are in favor of suspending the purchase of more oil to put into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Hey are they catching on here.

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Clinton and Obama both have called for an investigation into possible manipulation of oil markets
Gee what a great idea, they maybe onto something...... dumby
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Gee what a great idea, they maybe onto something...... dumby

isn't that the truth.
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These people kill me sometimes on how slow they are and think their giving us new ideas. I heard Congress had a meeting the other day to push a new product on the people, their really excited about it. It's a tv that can show programs in COLOR!
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