More tax revenue from big oil? Really? I'm questioning why they won't continue to weasel their way out of it like they are doing right now. I heard the same kinds of statements before we went to war with Iraq. I didn't doubt then that there was oil in Iraq. I just saw past the greed. Once the companies get past the regulation, what is to stop good old fashioned American greed from kicking in? Only a sucker would pay for something they can pass on to the tax payer, right? KBR, Halliburton they've made billions. There hasn't been any oil tax revenue paying for the war. It was all just lies. Bush, Enron, Big Oil have lost my trust. So when you come to me now talking about hundreds of billions of dollars my eyes don't light up with dollar signs, they remember the same lies you told before.
Didn't Exxon, Conoco Phillips, BP and Chevron just testify before congress and defend their 35 billion dollar profits (Exxon) and explain why they were sick and tired of paying their taxes? So why should I believe they want to pay anymore?
But really this is just a political issue, they really don't want to drill, they don't want to waste more money on exploration, they are happy with the status quo. God forbid we really did have a real supply problem and it wan't all manufactured with smoke and mirrors to manipulate the price. I will say I'm not sure how much control they have over that manipulation, but that they certainly aren't going to complain about it as long as the gravy train is still running.
You said it yourself, this is just to bring down Barack's numbers, nothing more. But that does make me question something else. The trad republican playbook from The Prince states that you should distract and blame your opponent when you have something to hide. So it makes me wonder what McCain has to hide right now, since I haven't seen anything suspicious with him in the news lately.
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tiggerporn on
07/15/2008 12:45:24 AM EST
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