[SkyDancer]

I’ve always wondered about the government windfall taxes they collect from the oil/gas companies ... and didn’t do a thing to earn it .....

[BenLurkin]

Not the 1st.

[mewzilla]

Question for the left: Still think character doesn’t count...?

[SMCC1]

Oh he would if he could. But the price of oil has dropped way way down. There’s no profits for him to take. If it goes up again, he’ll swoop right in.

[Hot Tabasco]

Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax

Just curious, I can't seem to recall the last "president elect" being given so much press about what he says he will do or won't do. Once elected, we never heard a thing about him or from him until GW took office on 1/20/2001.

Obama aint the president yet

[rockabyebaby]

Well, I for one am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell ya!

[BGHater]

Obama the RINO.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Interesting. It is looking more and more like O-bummer is a typical politician. Say anything to get elected and then “Keep all the promises you intend to keep.”

[skully]

“This may not be the last time they are disappointed, as Mr Obama has so far shown an inclination to govern from the centre.”

It's spelled center,not centre; don't the Brits know English??

[goldstategop]

Obama is abandoning plans to raise taxes. The Far Left kook fringe is disappointed. He's behaving like Bush! That's the ultimate insult.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[VeniVidiVici]

It’s coming. It will be under a different name, but make no mistake - it’s coming.

[TheWasteLand]

"President-Elect Obama owes the American people an explanation as to why these campaign promises have been pulled from his agenda," it said.

I believe P.T. Barnum can provide the explanation.

[Candor7]

HE DWOPPED THE OIYOH TAX!

Wahahahahahahahhhaaaaaaaaaaa!( leftist whine)

[musicman]

"Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax "

[dynachrome]

"setting off a storm of protest among liberal bloggers and small business groups."

I don't think real small businesses would object.

[upchuck]

LOL!!

Boy, am I enjoying this!

The man proves over and over that he is an empty suit.

His fav expression will come to be, “Oops!”

Hey Yer Majesty, reality bites, eh?

[Auntie Dem]

How can the lying, lunatic, liberal left justify a “windfall” profits tax on a company with a 6% net profit (like oil companies), but not put the same tax on a company with a 60% profit margin (like retail jewelers)?

It would seem to be very easy for an oil company lawyer to argue such a left-wing scheme violates the 14th amendment. If our courts weren’t so corrupt the decision to such an argument would be obvious.

[Pearls Before Swine]

First off, what is so magic about $80 per barrel? Second, it is when prices are high that we need more supplies, and the oil companies need the profits to enable them to drill.

I bet this $80 becomes some magic number that comes up again in the future. It has come out of thin air, just like a FactChecked COLB.

[pallis]

Oboma will figure out a number of things as he prepares to pretend to be a real president.

[FlyVet]

Hey, Barack, the more promises you break, the better I like you.

Now, let's talk about those abortion and gun control problems you've got.....

And when you're done with that, I got a few more for ya....