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'Gas-Tax Holiday' Would Be No Vacation

Stock quotes in this article: XOM , COP , BP , CVX  

I didn't plan to take a holiday this summer, but politicians are trying to foist one on me.

What's more, the reason given -- to ease the cost burden of gasoline -- doesn't even seem like it will pan out.

Presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) and Sen. John McCain (R. Ariz.) want to convince me that proposals for a summer-long "gas-tax holiday" will ease the burden of $4-a-gallon gasoline for my family.

Politicians and oil companies, however, may be the only beneficiaries of these proposals if uninformed voters buy into the plans. ...

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