[UPDATED] Online "Gas Tax Holiday" Calculator - Now Posted on Obama Website!!

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Thursday May 01, 2008 · 3:15 AM PDT

2008/05/01 · 03:15

John McCain and Hillary Clinton have suggested suspending Federal Taxes on all Gasoline/Diesel sold between Memorial Day (5/26) and Labor Day (9/1) this year.

According to state highway officials and this article in the New York Times, this "Gas Tax Holiday" will lower tax revenue by roughly $9 billion and potentially cost 300,000 highway construction jobs. The highway trust fund that the gas tax finances provides money to states and local governments to pay for road and bridge construction, repair and maintenance.

This is pretty simple - enter in your Fuel Type, Miles per week, and Miles Per Gallon
and it will tell you just how much you stand to save over the 15 week "Holiday"

I'm so proud the Obama Campaign has posted my calculator on His website!!!

http://my.barackobama.com/...

For me, that's not even enough to buy a case of beer!

I'll make a suggestion - it's a new month so let's start it off right.

Donate what the calculator
say's you'd save to Obama!

Also, check out Obama's newest Ad. It's pretty good but I wish he would have
pointed out that losing 300,000 construction jobs is no rational trade off to
save the average driver about $2.00 a week. The unemployment costs and tax
revenues lost from these jobs will further strap the US ecomony.

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