McCaskill urges end to oil company tax breaks

The Kansas City (Red) Star ^ | May 13, 2011 | Unknown

[MissouriConservative]

Sen. Claire McCaskill says a proposal to take $2 billion in tax subsidies away from the five biggest oil companies should be the easiest bill Congress ever passed.

[MissouriConservative]

I’m guessing she doesn’t want to keep her precious Senate seat much longer. Someone needs to tell Claire that you run to the center or the right to get elected. This will not play well.

[rednek]

She’ll tell the brothers in St Louis that she’s gonna give it to them and win a landslide. Carry St Louis big enough in a statewide election, and you win automatically - just not enough folks with sense in the rest of the state to overcome the brain dead inner city masses...red

[LostInBayport]

Osama watching his favorite senator, Claire "Love Pats" McCaskill, on TV.

[WayneH]

Isn’t this like a bill of attainder? Passing a bill that specifically declares one industry (oil) to be taxed differently than others?

[UB355]

Yes osama’s favorite America hater right on his TV, I wonder if this was the porn that was mentioned.

[cranked]

End it for the “green” energy too, ClaireIdiot. =.=

[Artemis Webb]

Claire is going to get her ass handed to her in 2012 and everybody knows it. I'm pulling for Sarah Steelman to get the nomination for the GOP but since the apparatus doesn't care for Steelman time will tell who the nominee will be.

[Venturer]

This is going to make energy cheaper??

I don’t think so.

Even an idiot like myself can see that the oil company will simply pass the cost’s on the the consumer, Me.

But isn’t that the point? Don’t they want to make gasoline $5.00 a gallon or more?

[Quickgun]

And the oil companies will just raise product prices to cover it. That will make the senator very popular, huh?

[Clintonfatigued]

This is what’s known as demagoguery. Will it work. I don’t expect it will for McCaskill this time.

[ExTexasRedhead]

We The People must do some major cleaning come November 2012!

[HKMk23]

GOP needs to get ON THE AIR TONIGHT with the line, “Sen. McCaskil wants $6.00 a gallon gasoline.”

Get out in front of this thing and f’n BEAT it like a red-headed stepchild!

[Recovering_Democrat]

Now is this the same Claire McCaskill who did not pay taxes on her PERSONAL airplane for several years in a row? That Claire McCaskill?

[TYVets]

Now is this the same Claire McCaskill who did not pay taxes on her PERSONAL airplane for several years in a row?

That Claire McCaskill?

Yep, the very same same Crazy Claire.

She is still doing her lap dance for 0bama like she has on all his many failed policies and programs.

$4 or more for a gallon of gasoline means nothing to her. She is an elitist who does not care about what happens to the peasants.

She is depending on her moronic St Louis & & Kansas City base to reelect her.

The republicans need a candidate who will energize those who attend tea parties to turn out in big numbers.

[fantom]

What she means is until she gets her tax free gift .

[sefarkas]

It took all the way to Post #14 for someone to remember. Good job.

[Impy]

Yeah gas prices will go down instead of up if you hike taxes on oil companies. Genius!

Next she’ll suggest smearing ice cream on your arms to keep the mosquitoes away.

[GOPsterinMA]

Nice analogy!

[Tzimisce]

....how is crushing the oil companies with fat taxes going to bring down the price or help the consumer?