alt Hacker NewsThe electorate is not so stupid that "it turns out people really don't want what I'm peddling so I'm just gonna reframe it and those idiots will be none the wiser" is likely to work.
Nevermind the fact that by moving it from gas to oil companies you're also then taxing "energy" more generally and it's gonna show up across the entire economy.
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usefulcat • yesterday at 10:29 PM
You mean the same electorate that elected a nominally Republican candidate who campaigned on raising taxes, and then proceeded to do exactly that?
javascriptfan69 • yesterday at 10:12 PM
>The electorate is not so stupid..
Respectfully, they are.
> by moving it from gas to oil companies you're also then taxing "energy" more generally and it's gonna show up across the entire economy
Tougher to notice. And you can pitch it as a windfall tax.