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bulletandpima · 05-05-2008, 07:31 AM

Actually, I believe that we need to have short, med and long term. Last week they came out and said the largest oil reserve has been found in N.Dakota, where they can go in a horizontal direction and pump out, if we go into ANWAR, they say between the two we would not need any from OPEC. We also need to look into re-useable energy.

Yet, I do still have the belief that if the senate got off their butts, passed it right now for only 90 days, it would give relief to our economy. If the taxes are suspended @$0.40 per gallon, my tank take 18 gallons, I fill up every 2 weeks, which would be @ 45, add in my sons car, my husbands car, I am at $135 or more, because that does not include any travel plans and the fact that DH fills up every week (which just for him it would be $65). I would rather have that then wait until next April for his plan to give me a tax credit! BTW a tax credit converts into @$50 in actual money back in your pocket. Of course that tax credit may not even be eligible to me if he puts a AG limit on it!

For it to be only $30, that means 75 gallons. If your car gets 25 mpg =1650 miles in the next 90 days, that is @ 130 miles/week and less than 20 miles a day for every car you own. In other words in my house even though we only live 8 miles from DH's office ea way, to only save 30 he will have to carpool (he only gets 18 mpg city) and nobody else can drive anywhere except to church and grocery shopping. Also remember our food goes up due to gas prices, so the tax would have a ripple effect

On a different note, I doubt that she will go until the DNC makes their decision on FL and MI, because she can than say I have the popular vote, and it will be hard for the DNC to say too bad, because that would smack of the 00 election....remember everyone, including my in laws would say Bush was selected and not elected.

05-05-2008, 07:31 AM	#3
bulletandpima Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Threads: 54 Posts: 1,037	Actually, I believe that we need to have short, med and long term. Last week they came out and said the largest oil reserve has been found in N.Dakota, where they can go in a horizontal direction and pump out, if we go into ANWAR, they say between the two we would not need any from OPEC. We also need to look into re-useable energy. Yet, I do still have the belief that if the senate got off their butts, passed it right now for only 90 days, it would give relief to our economy. If the taxes are suspended @$0.40 per gallon, my tank take 18 gallons, I fill up every 2 weeks, which would be @ 45, add in my sons car, my husbands car, I am at $135 or more, because that does not include any travel plans and the fact that DH fills up every week (which just for him it would be $65). I would rather have that then wait until next April for his plan to give me a tax credit! BTW a tax credit converts into @$50 in actual money back in your pocket. Of course that tax credit may not even be eligible to me if he puts a AG limit on it! For it to be only $30, that means 75 gallons. If your car gets 25 mpg =1650 miles in the next 90 days, that is @ 130 miles/week and less than 20 miles a day for every car you own. In other words in my house even though we only live 8 miles from DH's office ea way, to only save 30 he will have to carpool (he only gets 18 mpg city) and nobody else can drive anywhere except to church and grocery shopping. Also remember our food goes up due to gas prices, so the tax would have a ripple effect On a different note, I doubt that she will go until the DNC makes their decision on FL and MI, because she can than say I have the popular vote, and it will be hard for the DNC to say too bad, because that would smack of the 00 election....remember everyone, including my in laws would say Bush was selected and not elected. Last edited by bulletandpima : 05-05-2008 at 07:46 AM.