Reply #61: It is all about perception

[mtnester]

and what the average voter out there thinks.

There is no changing that the average voter thinks a gas tax holiday is a good thing, no matter the benefit, no matter what the economist's say, no matter what the spin doctors say.

Get away from DU, and ask the average voter...I heard more than 20 people today alone so far, wonder why the gas tax holiday is not supported by the politicians (their words, not mine). And when you try to explain anything about it, they glaze over and move on to someone else that has a like PERCEPTION to talk about the shitheel politicians who support the big oil companies and won't give an effing tax holiday to the regular guy...no matter how small it is, no matter whom or how it benefits.

They don't care that is may only be $30 bucks to them, what they care about is that last week they saw big oil have record profits AGAIN...on the backs of the regular guy. What they see is a war that many of them feel is being fought over oil/gas. What they WANT to hear is that a politician supports THEM...not big oil or OPEC. That a politician will go to the boards, ONE TIME, for them.

Perception.