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Hillary's "gas tax holiday" blazes new trail back to 1996.

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 It has gone by many names and many sponsors and it has died many deaths.  You can google the history of all its incarnations.  But here's just one from 1996:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E5D81139F934A15756C0A960958260


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Well done! Recommended!
Best quote: "But the tax relief, if it ever comes, will be trivial -- and will have a negative impact on public policy. It is, in short, something of a political fraud."

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