Al Gore Cheers High Oil Prices he hlped to create
Barack Hamas Osama
Remember when Liberals like Al Gore were telling us the US was wasting too
much gas and destroying the environment ? Remember when they were telling us
the US needed to be paying way higher gas prices like they do in Europe in
order to force US consumers to conserve gas ?
GORE ON GAS
PAUL EHRLICH'S BOOK, ON GAS PRICES: "The United States could start by
gradually imposing a higher gasoline tax-hiking it by one or two cents per
month until gasoline costs $2.50 to $3.00 per gallon, comparable to prices
in Europe and Japan." (Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, The Population
Explosion, 1990, pp. 219-220) On the dustcover of the book, Gore said, "The
time for action is due, and past due. Ehrlich has written the prescription."
"Higher taxes on fossil fuels. . . is one of the logical first steps in
changing our policies in a manner consistent with a more responsible
approach to the environment." (Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, 1993, p. 173)
Al Gore Supported Plans For Even Higher Gas Prices By Endorsing The Kyoto
Protocol. At the 1997 Kyoto Conference, Al Gore committed to reducing United
States carbon emissions to less than 1990 levels by 2012. Key to discharging
Al Gore's promises at Kyoto is a carbon tax which experts have concluded
will raise gas prices by 65 cents a gallon and reduce average household
income by nearly $2700 even as the cost of goods and services rise in
response to higher taxes. ("Global Warming: The High Cost of the Kyoto
Protocol," WEFA, Inc., 1998, p. 1) Al Gore Cast The Tie-Breaking Vote To
Increase The Gas Tax By 4.3 Cents A Gallon. The Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993, a $241 billion tax increase proposed by the
Clinton/Gore Administration, passed on August 6, 1993 on the tie-breaking
vote cast by Gore. Included in the bill was a 4.3 cent per gallon gas tax
increase. Gore was also its leading advocate in the Administration according
to author Bob Woodward: "The meeting quickly turned to the gasoline tax.
Vice President Gore, a strong environmentalist who advocated energy taxes as
a way to reduce pollution, argued that the tax should be retained. President
Clinton could be attacked on character if he dropped the gasoline tax now,
Gore said emphatically and emotionally." (Bob Woodward, "The Agenda: Inside
the Clinton White House, Part 3 of 4," The Washington Post, June 7, 1994) Al
Gore Was The Chief Advocate Of The Proposed 1993 BTU Tax, Which Would Have
Raised Gas Prices By Six Percent. According to George Stephanopoulos, "Gore
was the chief advocate of the energy tax, arguing that it was good for both
the economy and the environment." (George Stephanopoulos, All Too Human: A
Political Education, 1999, p. 206) Al Gore Has Been A "Driving Force" Behind
The Increased Regulation Of Gasoline, Which Has Resulted In An Increase In
Gas Prices. Al Gore has been a "driving force" behind the stricter
regulation of gasoline, which has "pushed up production prices and created a
patchwork of contradictory gasoline formulas in various parts of the
country." (Bill Sammon, "Gore's Strategy Is To Vilify Oil Firms," The
Washington Times, June 22, 2000) A recent study by the bipartisan
Congressional Research Service cited these factors as contributing to the
massive increase in gas prices in the Midwest. (Lawrence Kumins, "Midwest
Gasoline Price Increases," Congressional Research Service, June 16, 2000)