If Hillary Clinton’s plan to drop federal gasoline taxes for the summer driving season is appealing because it will allegedly ease prices at the pump, then that’s shortsighted allure.
The government should stay out of the oil business–or maybe tax it more heavily–so that consumer costs will increase, thereby making the green and sustainable alternatives market blossom and mature. Higher fuel prices may be the only available impetus to effect a retooling and refueling of the U.S. economy so that domestic transportation manufacturers can lead the rest of everyone into a less polluted, quieter, more eco-friendly existence.
What will Clinton’s plan, so similar to John McCain’s, really do? It will let people buy more gas and pollute more with no concern for the environment or our longterm national security.