{"entry":{"title":"Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy","date":"Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:00:00 -0600","author":"Levi & Ahn, Bloomberg","description":"
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President Barack Obama<\/a> this week reaffirmed his desire to tackle<\/a> the U.S. budget deficit through “a balanced mix of spending cuts and more tax reform.” As lawmakers in Congress search for ways to do this, they should take a new look at raising oil taxes. Even if they don’t believe that the U.S. consumes too much oil, they will find that incorporating higher oil taxes into a broader deficit package can make strong economic sense.<\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-02-07\/higher-oil-taxes-would-lift-the-economy.html"}}