In the NY Times, Tom Friedman wonders aloud why politicans are so afraid of the "T-word" when it comes to what he considers very good rationales for imposing a gas tax sooner rather than later — with sooner being sometime, say, prior to 9/11/01.
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November 15, 2007
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