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RE: "Send some price signals" - 11/2/2008 5:41:27 AM
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iluvatar
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It seems that Senator Obama wants to advance the environmentalist agenda by making everyone pay more for energy.
It worked when gas topped $4 a gallon - everybody started using less gasoline. I'd like to know when the numbers come out if that short stint was enough to scare everybody into longer-term behavioral changes.
-Dan.
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RE: "Send some price signals" - 11/2/2008 7:51:37 AM
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Dubya
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ORIGINAL: LabGuy
It seems that Senator Obama wants to advance the environmentalist agenda by making everyone pay more for energy.
It worked when gas topped $4 a gallon - everybody started using less gasoline. I'd like to know when the numbers come out if that short stint was enough to scare everybody into longer-term behavioral changes.
-Dan.
But you are talking about a free-market situation - and the free-market correcting itself by decreasing demand resulting in lower prices.
Do you think the same would work with government impose higher prices (presumably through increased excise taxes)? In my memory, it has never worked before.
We tend to run into unexpected problems when goovernment tries to imitate the free-market or to put restrictions on it.
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RE: "Send some price signals" - 11/2/2008 8:02:51 AM
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Do you think the same would work with government impose higher prices (presumably through increased excise taxes)? In my memory, it has never worked before.
I'm not sure. I expect it would work to some degree at least.
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We tend to run into unexpected problems when goovernment tries to imitate the free-market or to put restrictions on it.
That may be. I'm not sold on the idea, but I'm not dismissive of it either.
-Dan.
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RE: "Send some price signals" - 11/2/2008 11:06:08 AM
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relady
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So, how do higher energy prices benefit the middle class again? They don't really benefit anyone other than making us scream in pain for finding alternatives. My hubby is one of those that wants oil to go back up - and stay there - because it keeps us focused on getting off fossil fuels and keeps us screaming at our government for a real energy policy.
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RE: "Send some price signals" - 11/2/2008 11:35:34 AM
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ManimalX
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Don't forget 0bama wasn't upset about high gas prices, he was only upset that they went up that high so quickly. In other words, he joins the environmental whack-jobs who are happy to see people get punished with high prices for no good reason.
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