[pfony1]

I’m sorry I was not more clear.

The idea is to have a tax that varies to keep the price of imported oil at (for example) $90 per barrel. Therefore, if the Saudis sold a barrel to the US at $80, the tax would be $10. If Venezuela sold a barrel to the US for $70, the tax would be $20. Since $90 per barrel is less than the current market price, all current market participants “should” be protected.

I believe you know more about all the different oil markets than I do.

So maybe my thought that “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” is naive...

[thackney]

I am certain, more government tax, more problems and destruction of US jobs.

And the more complicated the tax, the more problems for us.

Government is never a means of an economic solution.