Comments on: Bloomberg On Gas Tax Holiday: Dumber Than Dumb http://donklephant.com/2008/05/02/bloomberg-on-gas-tax-holiday-dumber-than-dumb/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dos http://donklephant.com/2008/05/02/bloomberg-on-gas-tax-holiday-dumber-than-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-400250 Dos Fri, 02 May 2008 17:03:10 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5424#comment-400250 "We are trying to discourage people from driving." You have 2 kinds of driving: discretionary driving and necessary driving. Bloomberg is right in terms of discretionary driving - the gas tax holiday would increase (if only marginally) the amount of summer time discretionary driving. It would have no effect on necessary driving and the bill is obvsiouly aimed at helping those lower-income necessary drivers, not the discretionary drivers. So I wonder how Bloomberg plans on dealing with these folks when they can't afford to get to work. "We are trying to end our energy dependence." And a tax holiday on the gas tax somehow kills that goal? In fact, I have heard the argument that demand for gas will increase, the price will go up. In which case, if that is correct, it is perfect plan for Bloomberg's goals. Temporary, stop-gap measures regulating the pain does not kill the meta-policy objective of energy independence. "take away the monies we need for infrastructure in this country.” Particularly roads designed for petroleum-fueled vehicles. “We are trying to discourage people from driving.” You have 2 kinds of driving: discretionary driving and necessary driving. Bloomberg is right in terms of discretionary driving – the gas tax holiday would increase (if only marginally) the amount of summer time discretionary driving. It would have no effect on necessary driving and the bill is obvsiouly aimed at helping those lower-income necessary drivers, not the discretionary drivers. So I wonder how Bloomberg plans on dealing with these folks when they can’t afford to get to work.

“We are trying to end our energy dependence.” And a tax holiday on the gas tax somehow kills that goal? In fact, I have heard the argument that demand for gas will increase, the price will go up. In which case, if that is correct, it is perfect plan for Bloomberg’s goals. Temporary, stop-gap measures regulating the pain does not kill the meta-policy objective of energy independence.

“take away the monies we need for infrastructure in this country.” Particularly roads designed for petroleum-fueled vehicles.

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