Posted on 01/26/2007 6:50:06 PM PST by PurpleMountains
Hooray! Finally those nasty and obscenely profitable oil companies will get their just desserts. The Democrat-controlled House Of Representatives just recently voted to repeal tax breaks that were in place to encourage domestic oil exploration and drilling.
Wait a minute. Why would they repeal tax breaks that are designed to free us from foreign (mostly Arab) oil? Why, to encourage the use of Biofuels, of course. The same Biofuels that most experts now admit cost more energy to produce and transport than they contain – the same Biofuels that Brazil, formerly a leading user of fuel produced from sugar cane, just celebrated not having to use any more since they discovered their own oil reserves? Give me a break.
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But I thought the RATS were against us being dependent on foreign oil.....
I also smell OPEC "monetary gifts" in this action on the part of the Dems. I would not be surprised if some Dems had a few zeros added to some offshore bank accounts.
The Demoncrats are beginning to look like a wholly owned subsidiary of the terrorists AND the ME oil producers.
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