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Old 12-10-2007, 04:40 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by AltaRed View Post
Slap on $1/gal tax and watch demand shrink, trade deficit shrink and fiscal deficit shrink. But that has been discussed before elsewhere in this forum.
There certainly would be some benefits, as you say......

But the prices of food, merchandise and services would all jump due to cost push inflation.

Hard to find an easy fix.
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