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Clinton answers gas-tax holiday foes

Published: May 1, 2008 at 2:38 PM
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures wide as she makes hers victory speech  in downtown Philadelphia  on April 22, 2008 after winning the Pennsylvania primary.    (UPI Photo/John Anderson)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures wide as she makes hers victory speech in downtown Philadelphia on April 22, 2008 after winning the Pennsylvania primary. (UPI Photo/John Anderson)

BROWNSBURG, Ind., May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., scoffed Thursday at the notion that a summer break from gasoline taxes is a political gimmick.

Meeting with about 100 supporters in Brownsburg, Ind., Clinton said she was a bit offended about people who don't need help filling up their gas tanks telling people who do that they shouldn't get a break.

Clinton also noted that while Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., opposes the idea, it has been embraced by presumptive Republican rival Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz..

The Indianapolis Star said Clinton chided McCain for not backing her idea of a windfall profits tax on the oil industry to make up the lost tax revenue.

"I sort of feel like Goldilocks," Clinton said. "Not too much, not too little. Just right."



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