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Regarding mitigation measures such as gasoline prices, which are being implemented in response to the situation in the Middle East, the LDP Joint Conference has compiled proposals for a gradual increase in the benchmark price, etc., that should be shifted to a sustainable system.
Japanese public opinion
Reactions in the comment sections of related Japanese TV news videos on YouTube.
Positive / Negative toward: the LDP's proposal to gradually raise the gasoline subsidy reference price
Positive points
Subsidies are a drain on public money and should end now, especially since they mostly go to oil refiners.
This should have been planned much earlier, so I'm glad they're finally moving to end it.
Scrap the subsidy, but also drop the double tax on gasoline.
Negative points
Ending the subsidy will push up food and transport costs, hitting everyday people hardest.
Cutting this in winter, right after the election, is terrible timing.
Cut politicians' pay and wasteful spending before squeezing ordinary drivers.
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