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"Drill, baby, drill!" was the glibly rapacious chant that came to dominate the oil debate during the presidential race. Now "Tax, baby, tax!" is beginning to define our post-electoral national-energy-policy mood. That tax would be a gas tax, which has gathered major steam since the Detroit bailout was settled. read more (link)

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