Comments on: The Myth of the Rational Voter http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: townmouse http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/#comment-10799 townmouse Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:06:35 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1367#comment-10799 It certainly suggests politicians might as well go ahead and raise them annually, as half the electorate won’t notice!

]]> By: John http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/#comment-10798 John Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:57:03 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1367#comment-10798 I think this speaks more to the average person not being in on the minutia of knowing whether the gas tax raises yearly, and guessing. Uninformed, maybe, but I wouldn’t suggest irrational.

]]> By: Rasmus Jensen http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/#comment-10794 Rasmus Jensen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:55:36 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1367#comment-10794 Just send all the gas tax raising believers on re-education in Europe about the gas taxes :)

That way they will find out that there are not that much tax on gas in the States :)

]]> By: Rob http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/#comment-10790 Rob Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:19:27 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1367#comment-10790 I’m really not surprised. Gasoline prices have been increasing, auto boosters like to claim that taxes are a big chunk of the cost of a gallon, so anyone uninterested in doing their own investigation into this question probably just makes the jump to what you’ve posted.

]]> By: Yokota Fritz http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/26/the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/#comment-10789 Yokota Fritz Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:12:36 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1367#comment-10789 Can we read anything into what appears to be more awareness in what’s commonly regarded as “flyover territory” of the South and Midwest?

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