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More information about the "Gas Tax Holiday"
Here are some more articles and resources in the press and blogs about the "gas tax holiday" proposals.
- New York Tmes columnists Tom Friedman and Paul Krugman, and Newsweek's Jonathan Alter criticize Clinton and McCain's proposals
- The Huffington Post can't find a single expert who thinks the proposal is a good idea
- Gas Tax Holiday Calculator helps estimate the savings from the gas tax proposals
- Colorado Democratic Senate candidate Mark Udall refuses to endorse Clinton's proposal
- Barack Obama discusses the gas tax on Meet the Press
- Floor speech supporting rail transit from Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.)
- Wired, Cato, The New Republic, and Friends of the Earth are all appalled
- Sites, blogs and commentators opposing the scam include ThinkProgress, Climate Progress, Energy Smart, and The Atlantic's Matthew Yglesias
- Streetsblog is disappointed in both of New York's Senators
- A new NYT/CBS poll shows a majority of Americans think the "gas tax holiday" is a bad idea
- Read more commentary about the gas tax from Smart Growth America
- 221 economists signed a letter opposing the scheme
- Friends of the Earth's ad attacking Clinton on the gas tax
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