Obama says rivals’ call for gas tax suspension pure politics
Democrat Barack Obama argued on Tuesday that his rivals’ call for a summer-long suspension of the federal gas tax is “designed to get them through an election” and would not help struggling consumers.
“The easiest thing in the world for a politician to do is tell you exactly what you want to hear,” Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery.
The plan first proposed by likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain calls for suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton also supports the idea, and implied on Monday that Obama doesn’t understand that consumers need some relief.
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