WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Democrat Barack Obama dismissed his rivals’ calls for a national gasoline-tax holiday as a political ploy that won’t help consumers. Hillary Rodham Clinton said his stance shows he’s out of touch with ordinary citizens.
Clinton and Republican John McCain are calling for a holiday on collecting the federal gas tax “to get them through an election,” Obama said at a rally. “The easiest thing in the world for a politician to do is tell you exactly what you want to hear.”
Clinton, who toured a manufacturing company in Indianapolis, said many people in Indiana would benefit.
“That might not mean much to my opponent, but I think it means a lot to people who are struggling here, people who commute a long way to work, farmers and truckers,” Clinton said. She has called for a windfall tax on oil companies to pay for a gas-tax holiday.
