re: #146 jantjepietje

“Taxes, taxes, taxes” sounds easy because it is. The fact is that a major increase in gasoline/heating oil taxes would absolutely crush the lower end of the income scale. Poor people need to heat their homes, drive to work, etc. and when those bills go up 20 or 30% they have to take that 20 or 30% from food/clothing/housing, etc. Raising taxes is a cruel solution when the only thing being spared is a bunch of stinking oil lying underground.