Paul Krugman @paulkrugman
Another way to think about this. US consumers around 7.5 b barrels of oil per year. So a (say) $20 price rise would be a tax on Americans of $150 billion a year. How many workers might this benefit? ~ 150 K. Hospitals employ 5 million; s&l govt 16 million 6/ https://t.co/PJC1mdS2V4 — PolitiTweet.org
