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Energy, Environment, Resources
When Democratic candidates were asked, “What would you do to reduce gas prices?,” their answers made very little sense. Which brings me to a Jeopardy-inspired puzzle: If those were their answers, what question were they really answering? To what policy question would an appropriate answer be: “Impose a carbon tax, cut subsidies, strengthen fuel efficiency standards, support alternative fuels, and launch a price-gouging investigation”?
My charitable submission: “What would be an optimal energy policy?”
My uncharitable submission: “What would you do to get revenge on oil companies – to make those bastards pay for what they’ve done to us?”
Take your pick!
READER COMMENTS
dWj
Aug 12 2007 at 9:34pm
I happened to be thinking about your previous post in the shower today, and thinking I might give a response along the lines of imposing a tax on car companies or oil companies, but with the expectation that, if pressed on it later by someone who was economically literate, I might have to admit that it wasn’t actually an answer to the question.
Answering questions can put you in a situation in which you might say something that, with more than sixty seconds’ thought, you would rather not. Responding to questions with a statement about your policy position on related subjects is much safer — you’ve probably rehearsed that.
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Aug 13 2007 at 4:23pm
What’s your strategy for inflicting maximum pain on the American consumer while achieving maximum political and moral victory?
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