Dumb as we wanna be is just that—Dumb April 30, 2008
Posted by baxtersbrother2 in Economy, Election 2008, Fiscal, Resources, Social Discourse, The press, US Government.Tags: , Economy, Energy Policy, Friedman, Gas Taxes, Housing Crisis, NYTimes
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Thomas Friedman gets it completely wrong in his article Dumb as We Wanna Be, in Today’s NY Times. The NY Times Reporter, typical pandering to people and talking down to others, illustrates how he completely misunderstands the McCain and Clinton proposal to suspend the Federal Gas Tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. Obviously he is not concerned with making ends meet and pandering to the public. The average family of a husband, wife and children. Each Husband and Wife have a car that contains a 16 gallon tank, and fill up twice a week for the simple pleasure of going to work and activities with their children. Simple Math if you are filling up a 16 gallon tank twice a week for 2 cars, that is 64 gallons of gas that is consumed per week, or 256 gallons per month. 256 gallons multiplied by 18.4 cents per gallon is $48 per month. That may sound small to a highly paid columnist like Mr Friedman, but to the average American family, it may be the difference between being in and not being in default.
He illustrates that Government is fighting over renewables, which I support renewable forms of energy. However, he panders and talks that the leadership “refused to get all the adults together in a room and work out a compromise.” First of All, that is condescending, but this is an election year and few key pieces of legislation are typically completed. He illustrated that other nations are getting involved and making the investment, but their economy’s have not had the dramatic impact of the housing crisis. Then he ties it together & indicates that 100,000 new jobs would be created. Not necessarily true and sounds like campaign spin. Until you really know, and understand if our people have the skills necessary, can you make that assumption.
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