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Proving that Gov. Sonny Perdue and Sen. John McCain are kindred spirits destined to be together, the Man From Bonair signed an executive order this morning suspending the state gas tax on diesel fuel sold for such off-road purposes as agriculture and timber farming. It stands until the 2009 legislative session, by which time Perdue will be just receiving his Vice Presidential letterhead and monogrammed bathrobe.

Says the governor:

“Our farmers have borne the brunt of this multi-year drought, and now face record fuel prices during our planting season. Suspending this tax will bring needed relief to our state’s largest industry.”

A word from the gentleman with the coolest name in Georgia (emphasis added).

“Suspension of the sales tax on off road diesel fuel would help farmers, it would promote a major segment of our state’s economy, and it would allow for more money to be spent in local rural economies,” Georgia Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall wrote in a letter to the Governor.

The suspension is estimated to offset state revenues by $2 million to $4 million.

Full text of the executive order after the jump.

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