Economists question Bush's prescription for lower gas prices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The link between ending a 40-year oil export ban and lower prices at the gas pump is not as direct as Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush would have voters believe in his new energy proposal, industry economists said Tuesday.

Still, Bush's overall premise that lifting the ban would expand economic growth holds up to independent scrutiny. Environmentalists say the negative impact on the planet would be too great.

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