Copyright 2000 Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
THE ARIZONA
REPUBLIC
March 16, 2000 Thursday, Final Chaser
SECTION: OPINIONS; Pg. B6
LENGTH: 212 words
HEADLINE:
BLAME CLINTON, GORE
BODY:
I am amazed at the uproar
created by the press over rising gas prices. Never mind that
the feds confiscate 35 percent of our income in every paycheck. The Clinton-Gore
administration takes total credit for the orchestration of a robust economy, yet
says it is powerless to do anything about this latest gas price
increase.
We are asked to cut back on consumption. Never does the
federal government consider cutting back on its consumption of our gasoline
taxes. If Bill Clinton and Al Gore truly "feel our pain," they will repeal gas
taxes temporarily to drop the price by 18.4 cents per gallon for cars and 24.5
cents for truckers. It was Gore who opposed Desert Storm and
President Bush's objective to keep
Mideast oil flowing at market prices. It
was Gore who has called the
automobile's combustion engine the greatest
threat to mankind. It is Gore who
has pushed a mandate prohibiting drilling
and exploration in Alaska in an area
that local residents have referred to
as "frozen desert" (it is not a
wildlife habitat).
So,
when you pull up to the gas pump and see that price is climbing ever
higher,
place the blame where it deserves to go -- on Clinton and Gore and
their
environmentalist friends.
- Dave Headstream
Scottsdale
LOAD-DATE: May 24, 2000 
