A powerful grouping of Florida's convention and visitors bureaus has picked up the slogan. ...more

December 18, 2008

Local governments, already trimming expenses a little at the margins because of state-mandated tax cuts, should begin planning for major pruning of low-priority programs. ...more

December 14, 2008

Barack Obama thinks the government should intervene on gas prices to "give families some relief," and he called last week for releasing 70 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. ...more

August 17, 2008

Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician's pitch to provide consumers with some relief - be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday. Yet each of these policies would have a negligible impact on gas prices. ...more

July 27, 2008

Good-bye summer gas tax holiday. Hello, higher gas taxes. ...more

July 21, 2008

John McCain said Thursday that his proposal to suspend the gas tax for three months this summer may need to be extended longer if high gas prices continue to take a toll on the economy. ...more

July 18, 2008

All of the talk among political candidates about a federal gas tax holiday to offset soaring prices at the pump misses a critical fact: state taxes are, for the most part, even more costly for drivers. ...more

June 9, 2008

Now that there can be no doubt he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party, it is a certainty Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. And just as certain is the reality that no one else who ran for the office, regardless of party, seems as capable as he does now. It is hard to imagine a set of circumstances that allow John McCain to wrestle a win from Obama. ...more

June 7, 2008

I mean really the best - energy policy for the long-term economic health and security of our country. I realize this is a fantasy, but play along with me for a minute. What would this mythical, totally imaginary, truth-telling candidate say? ...more

May 31, 2008

A Temporary Bromide All three U.S. senators running for the presidential nominations of their parties pledge to not have "business as usual" if they are elected. However, both John McCain and Hillary Clinton have proposed the suspension of the federal gasoline tax sometime through the summer of 2008. ...more

May 10, 2008