Terry Hanushek
05-03-2006, 08:31 AM
The Houston Chronicle recently published an editorial castigating politicans for weak attempts to isolate themselves from the rising gasoline prices
Gasoline rebate proposal is a cheap ploy to protect lawmakers from the political heat of rising prices
Houston Chronicle
May 2, 2006
Caught in a perfect political storm created by $3-a-gallon gasoline, record profits reported by oil companies and furious motorists, Senate Republican leaders seized on a strategy that dates back at least as far as the Roman Empire. When the populace gets unruly, throw bread and circuses their way.
Unwilling to deal with the substantial issues behind the energy crisis, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and colleagues proposed a sort of gasoline welfare: a $100 check in the mail to the nation's drivers. It won't solve America's growing dependence on foreign oil, stimulate alternative fuel sources or reduce climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Given the cost of filling up any car these days, it won't keep the vehicle rolling very long, either.
The entire editorial is at:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/3833124.html
Terry
Gasoline rebate proposal is a cheap ploy to protect lawmakers from the political heat of rising prices
Houston Chronicle
May 2, 2006
Caught in a perfect political storm created by $3-a-gallon gasoline, record profits reported by oil companies and furious motorists, Senate Republican leaders seized on a strategy that dates back at least as far as the Roman Empire. When the populace gets unruly, throw bread and circuses their way.
Unwilling to deal with the substantial issues behind the energy crisis, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and colleagues proposed a sort of gasoline welfare: a $100 check in the mail to the nation's drivers. It won't solve America's growing dependence on foreign oil, stimulate alternative fuel sources or reduce climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Given the cost of filling up any car these days, it won't keep the vehicle rolling very long, either.
The entire editorial is at:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/3833124.html
Terry