Friday, May 2, 2008
Polls and Statistics
I remember this old saying " There are lies, dammed lies and statistics". I am beginning to think polls fall in the same category and pollsters spin the numbers to get invited on cable television.
Spin Bitches And Media Whores (TM) - and the moguls they work for
Chris Matthews on MSNBC is now on a crusade to link Senator Obama with Adlai Stevenson. By the time this campaign is over MSNBC and CNN pundits will have about as much credibility as FOX, ever balanced pundits.
Mc Clinton Politics and the gas tax
The Mc Cain-Clinton fuel tax reduction plan is a near perfect example of what 30 plus years of experience in Washington buys us.
You have think this through if the cost of gasoline from Exxon is $3.60 a gallon and the federal government drops 18 cents of taxes........ why would you expect Exxon to lower the price if they are selling it at $ 3.60 now. They would be happy to keep the 18 cents these two politicians are prepared to hand over to them.
What the McClinton proposals don't tell you is the real cost. McCain wants to let the highway fund eat-it, which will probably put 300,000 highway workers on unemployment for 6 months to the tune of a couple billion dollars. HRC wants to pay the highway fund with excess profits on the oil companies......get this through congress this year (right) . And if she tries, the oil companies will start to raise prices in anticipation of an excess profit tax. So your $ 3.60 gallon will most likely go to $ 3.78 a gallon.
If ever there is an example of why we don't need......... in fact don't want the 30 years of experience the McClintons are leaning on.
You have think this through if the cost of gasoline from Exxon is $3.60 a gallon and the federal government drops 18 cents of taxes........ why would you expect Exxon to lower the price if they are selling it at $ 3.60 now. They would be happy to keep the 18 cents these two politicians are prepared to hand over to them.
What the McClinton proposals don't tell you is the real cost. McCain wants to let the highway fund eat-it, which will probably put 300,000 highway workers on unemployment for 6 months to the tune of a couple billion dollars. HRC wants to pay the highway fund with excess profits on the oil companies......get this through congress this year (right) . And if she tries, the oil companies will start to raise prices in anticipation of an excess profit tax. So your $ 3.60 gallon will most likely go to $ 3.78 a gallon.
If ever there is an example of why we don't need......... in fact don't want the 30 years of experience the McClintons are leaning on.
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