Posted on 02/27/2008 12:51:40 PM PST by Sub-Driver
I am really regretting putting these “blame America” clowns in office.
I’m not sure I’m buying this. Even Democrats are not that stupid.
Oh, they sure are.
Goverment shouldn’t be “lowering prices”: supply and demand will take care of that. Government should ensure fair competition and the rule of law.Period.
This should be used in Congressional Campaign Ads this fall. We need to replace all the rats and take back the house and senate.
our gov’t (both state and fed) should lower tax on gasoline and kerosene
Sure is hard to make sense of today’s threads, except for those that involve smashing the moon or smashing enemy fortifications or smashing other things.
Apparently John Boehner has not heard of hte Kennedy crime family.
Once again, another liberal entitlement program......
“Goverment shouldn’t be lowering prices”
Sure they should...if it comes from reduced taxes.
Why should the government make a greater profit on the sale of a gallon of gas than the private enterprise?
Am I missing something?
Democrats do not want to lower gasoline prices. Many of them have openly advocated much higher prices in past, more in line with the extremely high prices paid in Europe.
They are on record as having said this. Didn’t anyone believe them?
Far more commonly, they say they want to lower gas prices by doing things that will inherently *raise* gas prices.
The government raises or lowers price when they take actions that affect supply. The US Government has taken overt intentional action to restrict supply. The Democrats, with the help of Senator McCain are directly responsible for the restrictions.
The energy situation should be coequal to the war on terror as a campaign issue because the economic health of the US is vital to our defense. However, since Rino McCain is the defacto campaign leader and he has already gone to the other side on this issue, we are voiceless.
This issue alone highlights the danger of believing McCain would be the stronger defense candidate. We've lost this battle since he went over to the other side a long time ago.
Yoy haven’t seen anything yet. Wait unti Barry Hussein Obama lands in Washington!
Not stupid. Greedy and hateful.
I’d like to know how the bill exempted CITGO.
I would like to see the bill, but there is nothing on the Thomas site that mentions Citgo.
I dunno. This all sounds like propaganda.
Yes, the House bill is stupid since it’s nothing but a tax increase on the most heavily taxed industry in the country.
It certainly won’t create more energy or lower the price of gasoline. Probably the opposite.
But when you’re going to attack it as a handout to Hugo Chavez, I think you’re obligated to actually back that up. And I’ve looked at all the news articles I could find on this, and I’m not seeing it.
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