Posted on 06/21/2007 3:25:29 AM PDT by Puzzleman
In what's become an annual rite of spring, politicians in Washington are posturing before the cameras about how they are going to deal with rising gas prices. Their solutions always start with how they are going to take on big, bad oil companies and end with more taxes, regulation, price controls and mandates. While the rhetorical attacks may sound good on TV or in their press releases, these policies would only harm the very consumers they claim to be concerned about...
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[sarc]Yes, because big oil is obviously the problem. I mean, it can’t possibly be the government that’s screwing up the whole market.[/sarc]
Gas prices are high. Taking money from the oil companies will surely resolve it.
Makes perfect sense to me....
Congress has moved so far to the left that it is actually proposing to nationalize the oil industry just like every other country in the world has already done. We can do nothing to stop them. Congress has learned that they can safely ignore the people because of their death grip on power.
You can write your Congressman or reorganize your sock drawer. Both have the same impact on Congress.
Not only do they hinder the construction of new refineries (does anyone know when the last one was built?), new pipe lines and even where we can drill for oil, they tax all aspects of gasoline production: exploration, drilling, refining, transportation, all the gas stations that pump gas, the share holders and the corporations themselves and, of course, you and me on each and every gallon of gas we pump into your cars.
Then, when the public gets upset at the high price of gasoline and the trickle down effect that fuel costs have on the price of everything else, what do the politicians do? They blame "big oil"!!!
And what do the stupid, dumbed down average, emotionally lead Americans do? They believe the politicians! God help us.
Why don’t we just get rid of Big Congress?
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You can, every two years if you want.
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