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Publius — 5/3/2005 1:31:42 PM (archived)

The export of American jobs? Is your theory here that cheaper energy prices accross the board would bring back manufacture, service, and data input jobs that have been exported abroad?

Help me to understand what reducing or eliminating the tax on a gallon of gas would do, other than put more SUV's on the road?

Publius

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Question for Tom (and other's)...... - Publius - 5/1/2005 11:43:44 PM
- some speculative answers - phil - 5/2/2005 6:22:45 PM
  - re: some speculative answers - Publius - 5/3/2005 12:58:35 AM
    - Turn it all over to the politicians, then. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2005 4:36:11 AM
    - re: some speculative answers - p - 5/3/2005 1:41:13 AM
- The fact that there are so few operating refineries probably is the biggest factor. - Scott Evil - 5/2/2005 3:01:33 PM
- A few answers - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2005 1:04:08 AM
  - Thank you, but........ - Publius - 5/2/2005 6:35:11 PM
    - re: Thank you, but........ - gbaikie - 5/2/2005 9:07:44 PM
      - In Tennessee, 40 cents of the price per gallon is tax. - Lee - 5/3/2005 7:45:00 AM
        
        Interesting, would this stop....... - Publius - 5/3/2005 1:31:42 PM
        
        Energy is the life's blood of an economy. - Lee - 5/4/2005 7:32:43 AM
        
        Actually Lee it is labor that is the lifeblood of an economy. - Scott Evil - 5/4/2005 2:59:14 PM
        
        And labor sets idle without raw materials, components, and goods. - Lee - 5/5/2005 3:03:11 AM
        
        Depends on how you define "labor." - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2005 7:33:20 PM

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