Skrevet denne dag for 26 år siden af Paul Krugman, men stadig sandt.

“And that means that any cut in taxes would show up not in a lower price at the pump, but in a higher price paid to distributors. In other words, the benefits of the tax cut would flow not to consumers but to other parties, mainly the domestic oil refining industry.”

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/krugman/031500krug.html #dkpol #dkgreen #dktrp

Gasoline Tax Follies

@sorenhave When you talk to people they all know this. So why are we still voting for the people promising gold and green forests when we know the system works like this?
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