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Job Losses with Gas Holiday

By Merrilee - May 3rd, 2008 at 9:13 pm EDT

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Economists agree the job losses would be costly. The price would be hiked anyway consumers often absorb corporate taxes. Here is one assessment of the cost in jobs.

This is from the DailyKos:
State by State breakdown of the Jobs and Federal Highway Funds that would be lost during the 15 week "Gas Tax Holiday" proposed by John McCain and Hillary Clinton.

NC 7,071 Jobs -$203 Million, IN 6,390 Jobs - 183 Million, OR 2,881 Jobs - $82 Million, KY 4,298 Jobs - 123 Million, MT 2,348 Jobs - $67 Million, SD 1,623 Jobs- $46 Million, WV 2,691 Jobs - $77Million. Just here 7 States america loses 310,750 Jobs and 8.9 Billion Dollars

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