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GOP Rips Obama's Oil Tax Plan: 'Dead on Arrival'
Newsmax ^ | Thursday, 04 Feb 2016 06:36 PM | Todd Beamon

Posted on 02/04/2016 4:12:49 PM PST by Olog-hai

Congressional Republicans vowed Thursday to kill President Barack Obama's plan to add a $10-per-barrel tax on oil production to pay for "green" transportation projects, with House Speaker Paul Ryan calling it "dead on arrival" and "an election-year distraction."

"The president expects hard-working consumers to pay for his out-of-touch climate agenda," the Wisconsin Republican said. "A $10 tax for every barrel of oil produced would raise energy prices -- hurting poor Americans the most." [...]

President Obama will include the plan in his budget proposal that he will present to Congress on Tuesday. The fee will be phased in over five years, providing $20 billion every year for traffic reduction, expanding investment in transit systems and new modes of transportation like high-speed rail.

It would also revamp how regional transportation systems are financed, providing $10 billion to encourage investment that lead to cleaner transportation options. ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cleantransport; climatechangehoax; distraction; globalwarminghoax; greenagenda; obama; obamaroads; oiltax; paulryno
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To: Olog-hai

“GOP Rips Obama’s Oil Tax Plan: ‘Dead on Arrival’”

We have heard that song before. It has worn itself out. The album is scratched and can’t be understood. The CD is scratched and unreadable. The DVD is totally hosed. They did not bother to put the song on Blu-Ray.


21 posted on 02/04/2016 4:47:08 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: Olog-hai
Obama: $10

Ryan: NO!

Obama $9.95

Ryan: OK!

GOPe: Boy, we showed Obama who's the boss!

22 posted on 02/04/2016 4:51:17 PM PST by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: nascarnation
Can the Caliph do it via exec order?

That was the first thing that came into my mind too.

23 posted on 02/04/2016 4:54:24 PM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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To: Mark17

Obama has made the term “lame duck president” obsolete, at least for Democrats.


24 posted on 02/04/2016 4:56:52 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Olog-hai

My thought exactly. Ryan is despicable and a total liar.


25 posted on 02/04/2016 5:02:05 PM PST by ZULU (If you support Stokes or Obama, you are too stupid to own a gun.)
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To: Mark17

I think taxes are the one thing even he can’t touch with exec order. Only congress can charge taxes.


26 posted on 02/04/2016 5:07:31 PM PST by paul544
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To: Olog-hai

The Mental Disorder on FULL Display... Do You Really think a company pays the Tax???

They PASS ALL COST ONTO THE Customer... YOU!!! This is a TRICK to TAX YOUR WORK(Money)!!! Be a good Slave and Submit... or Get you head out of your .... and do something about this Mental Disorder! Call it into the Light of Truth!

The Enemy is within and until we deal with that Enemy we will Never be able to Deal with the Enemy’s outside the Nation.

By the way worth noting oil is now at $30 a barrel, 10 dollars is 33% INSANITY!!! What you going to do if Oil goes back up to $140. The drop in oil is the only thing helping a few make ends meet and that is not going to last long because much more Pain is headed our way... The World and us are in Recession headed for a Major Depression and there is NOTHING to stop it.


27 posted on 02/04/2016 5:23:23 PM PST by jafojeffsurf (Return to the Constitution, A Moral People, and Return to On Nation UNDER God!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

“All these people can go straight to hell.”

Best comment yet.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 5:37:24 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: Olog-hai

About a 700 billion dollar tax increase over ten years.


29 posted on 02/04/2016 6:16:13 PM PST by jwalsh07
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30 posted on 02/04/2016 6:17:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: paul544
I think taxes are the one thing even he can’t touch with exec order. Only congress can charge taxes.

Maybe so, but if he tries it, who will stop him? Certainly not the GOP E.

31 posted on 02/04/2016 10:49:18 PM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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