McCain urged Congress to institute a "gas-tax holiday" by suspending the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from late May to early September. By some estimates, the government would lose about $10 billion in revenue. He also renewed his call for the United States to stop adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and thus lessen to some extent the worldwide demand for oil.
Combined, he said, the two proposals would reduce gas prices, which would have a trickle-down effect, and "help to spread relief across the American economy."
Above, John McCain campaigns in New Amsterdam, showing off the latest invention by beloved American Jew-hater Henry Ford. The contraption displays the technological and manufacturing know-how that will fuel America's unfettered growth for the next 100 years.