Comments on: links for 2008-11-07 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/11/07/links-for-2008-11-07/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tim Walker http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/11/07/links-for-2008-11-07/comment-page-1/#comment-488046 Tim Walker Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:58:54 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/11/07/links-for-2008-11-07/#comment-488046 Stephen, I take your point about pulling off the band-aid slowly, but I guess my question centers more on political viability than on the potential efficacy of a gasoline-price floor. Considering the ease with which candidates for office fanned up a blaze of populist political hysteria when gas went to $4/gallon, I'm wondering what combination of circumstances would lead Congress to enact such a price floor. Meanwhile, I'm confident you know more about the policy options than I do (you'd almost have to, given how little I know!). What other proposals are worth looking at, do you think? Stephen, I take your point about pulling off the band-aid slowly, but I guess my question centers more on political viability than on the potential efficacy of a gasoline-price floor.

Considering the ease with which candidates for office fanned up a blaze of populist political hysteria when gas went to $4/gallon, I’m wondering what combination of circumstances would lead Congress to enact such a price floor.

Meanwhile, I’m confident you know more about the policy options than I do (you’d almost have to, given how little I know!). What other proposals are worth looking at, do you think?

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