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George Doddington

Dr. George Doddington is currently an independent scientist serving as an advisor to the National Institute for Standards and Technology and the Department of Defense on Human Language Technology. Previous positions have included Senior Fellow at Texas Instruments, Senior Principal Scientist at SRI International, and program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In his spare time he rides cutting horses with his wife.

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A Response to Criticism of a “Net-Positive” Gas Tax

Mar 30th, 2009 | By George Doddington | Category: Energy, Featured, Macro Economics, Oil
The arguments made against the proposed “net-positive” gas tax deserve a response, because they dismiss the tax’s raison d'être and they suffer from flawed reasoning.  Here is my response: The chief criticism is that the government should not be entrusted with any additional power to tax, for all the usual reasons.  ...read more

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