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In reply to the discussion: Biden calls for three-month federal gas tax "holiday" [View all]IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)28. The problem is nobody wants it
The people who live nearby don't want it. They can't find enough workers. Democrats would like us to wean ourselves off of oil gradually. So nobody is really interested in spending the money to get them up and running. It's a global problem with refineries shut down all over the major oil countries.
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Reward the oil corps & starve the government is NOT a traditional Democratic value...
NullTuples
Jun 2022
#23
Tax holidays reward gas producers while starving the gov't - we need industry regulation
NullTuples
Jun 2022
#22