A summer tax holiday

“A summer gas tax holiday is a bad idea.”

We know this because Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois making 900,000 dollars a year and living in a house worth 1.6 million dollars, told us so. He apparently has never seen a tax he would cut temporarily or any other way. He believes a few cents in tax relief would “blow a hole in the deficit“. The deficit is projected to be 413 billion dollars this year. So by saying relief of 18 cents a gallon for drivers and 24 cents a gallon for truckers is blowing a hole in the deficit is like saying a firecracker will blow a hole in the Grand Canyon.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain knows summer relief from gas taxes is not a long term solution just as they knew checks of 600 dollars per person was not. This solution is small but helpful. Yes it may only equal a trivial amount to a rich politician but it may be the difference between a single mother being able to keep her water service on this summer.

Mr. Obama offers another solution. His solution is “up to” $1000 tax credit for all middle class Americans. He may think we are bare footed hill billies who are too stupid to realize, if he thinks 75 bucks this summer will blow a hole in the deficit, he certainly isn’t going to give us $1000 dollars next year.

So before you put on your Saturday shoes and ride your mule to the polls think about who really shares your values. The man who is endorsed by Ted Kennedy and John Kerry or the two senators who knows, $3.32 cent gas is terrible but it is better than paying $3.50 a gallon any day of the week.