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Without trying to attribute any value for or against the gas tax holiday, I’ll approach it from an optic’s perspective: Is there a general concern from the administration that they’d enact it, shout it from the rafters, no one notices (after all, gas price fluctuations in recent months make it difficult to identify specific factors at a given time), and they suffer the aftereffect of a deficit hit later on that makes them look fiscally irresponsible?

Given the volatility of inflation and gas prices, I personally don’t see the value of the move politically. It seems way too likely to get drowned out or ignored as lacking impact on the greater financial factors the public is facing, and it will potentially be labeled as a gimmick that drove up debt.

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