Comments on: Democrats - Tax More Instead Of Drill More

By: Saturday Afternoon Reads

Saturday Afternoon Reads — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:47:36 +0000

[...] Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for a temporary windfall profits tax on oil companies and a rollback of $17 billion in oil industry tax breaks as part of an energy package. The proposal also would impose federal penalties on energy price gouging and calls for stopping oil deliveries into the government’s emergency reserve. Looks to me that this would only push fuel prices higher meaning even more tax revenue receipts for the government and less money in my own pocket. This benefits their energy package how? (Via Flopping Aces) [...]

By: Ben K

Ben K — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:46:15 +0000

The Republicans are going to habve to do some serious work and get out there and make people realize how hurtful the Democratic policies on this issue have been. Otherwise, they are just going to take the blame.

Your header graphic is great.

By: Reed

Reed — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:56:43 +0000

Since it’s obvious that liberals have no brains, has anyone thought of drilling for oil in their skulls? Even if all the “wells” were dry, no harm would be done to the environment or the country’s average IQ.

By: marinetbryant

marinetbryant — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:58:53 +0000

Curt, my friend, hedge funds, which invest heavily in commodities and currency(Soros ring a bell?) have no oversight or regulation. They get the price of oil jacked up because the Nigerian rebels damaged a pipeline causing a loss of 200,000 bbls a day. Yeah, that should cause oil FUTURES to jump. Add the fact that they don’t have to have the money for margin calls makes it like gambling with someone else’s money or their lives.

An article the other day said some of the oil producing Arab states were creating their own hedge funds. Now you have the producers controlling the price of futures.

Otherwise, I’m in agreement.

S/F

Tom

By: Casey Brown-Myers

Casey Brown-Myers — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:20:48 +0000

There is no common sense when speaking of the liberals in this country. It is quite simple as to what we should do in replacing the terrorist oil. Drill more of our own! Mr. Presidnet, please drill and veto as much as you can before January 2009.
http://www.caseybrownmyers.blogspot.com

By: Elroy Jetson

Elroy Jetson — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:59 +0000

It is total insanity. Everything the Democrats are proposing makes no economic sense whatsoever. Idiots.

By: Mike's America

Mike's America — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:39:34 +0000

Excellent charts there (even if some of them did come from Senator Larry Craig). I wonder if the Chinese will follow all the stringent environmental protections that U.S. producers have which have made us the safest oil producing nation in the world?

You know they won’t and and when there’s a spill washing up on America’s beaches Dems will point the finger in the wrong direction. The finger should be pointed at DEMS, and I can tell you which finger I would use.

And speaking of taxes and profits, here’s a handy little chart:

Remember last year when Senator Dick Durtbag Durbin (DEM) of Illinois was on Fox News (HORROR) with the chief business anchor Neil Cavato complaining about high oil company profits?

Cavuto asked Durbin directly: “So, $50 cents a gallon, the taxes are OK? The 9 cent profit, that’s not OK?”

I wonder when, or perhaps if, the American people will wake up to this scam which has cost them TRILLIONS and enriched the Arabs?

By: thebronze

thebronze — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:53:49 +0000

The DemocRats are so morally bankrupt that they can’t see the forest for the trees. They’re too ignorant to figure out that the oil company’s aren’t going to be hurt by a windfall profits tax. They’re going to pass it on to us, the consumer. Hell, I’m not even an economist and I know that.

Oh BTW, the so-called gas-tax-holiday is a sham.

Both party’s suck, but the Republicans suck just a little less.

Want to pay less for gas? It’s easy:

Build more refineries
Drill in more places.
Build more nuke plants.
Get rid of the dis-incentives for oil company’s to do their business.

Free markets and supply/demand works, if the politicians would stay out of it.

By: luva the scissors

luva the scissors — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:53:40 +0000

seriously, why don’t we drill here, why don’t we control our own destiny? this is crazy. do the dems ever think of anything that isn’t screwing the american public?

By: MataHarley

MataHarley — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:52:50 +0000

Might want to add “make big bucks” to that “control energy, control people”, bill-tb. Gore’s making money hands over fist with his global warming agenda, which feeds his wallet via speaker fees, his personal carbon offset biz and his energy charity in which to get tax breaks for all that income by non-profit donations. And of course, he gets paid as board member/founder for these companies too.

Can’t stand the man, but have to admire his capitalist entrepreneurship. In that, he truly is a “demi-god”.

Gateway did a great job on the graphics. You out there, Mach? Too bad that McCain’s an idiot INRE the oil issue. It would make great add’l “fodder” for the general against BHO. Alas, he’s a Dem on the issue.

By: bill-tb

bill-tb — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:52 +0000

Control energy, control people.

Democrats, raise taxes, fund socialism, and gun control. You figure out why gun control is so important to Democrats.