Polls Show Americans Tired of Taxes on Oil and Gas (Environmentalists Are Wrong)

ATR ^ | 7/27/10 | Andrew Schneider

[Andrea19]

...According to polling professionals Harris Interactive, 64 percent of respondents were opposed to any tax increase in the oil and gas industry. More specifically, 46 percent were strongly opposed. This is more than double the amount of respondents who supported tax increases at 27 percent.

The data shows that voters are well informed over the issues surrounding American energy. For instance, Congress is trying to overtax the same industry that paid $100 billion in federal income taxes in 2008 and employs more than 9.2 million Americans...

Read more: http://www.atr.org/polls-show-americans-tired-taxes-oil-a5253#ixzz0uuWuiJ7l

[Andrea19]

I once talked to a Liberal in 2006 and he wanted huge taxes on the petroleum industry. Would he be in favor of bailing out their incompetence? Oh yes, he said.

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[muddler]

I’m sick of being taxed to death on just about everything.

[casuist]

But what about all the green-jobs that will appear if we place a price on carbon, and the clean energy economy? /snarf! /guffaw!

[Brett66]

I remain convinced if a presidential candidate wants to run on a “cheap energy” platform in contrast to a “alternative energy” platform, they could have very good success.