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If Obama Wants To End Oil Subsidies, Why Then Is Brazil Getting $2 Billion Dollars In Oil Subsidies?
4/26/2011 | Laissez-Faire Capitalist

Posted on 04/26/2011 10:45:40 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

Obama has said that $4 billion dollars in subsidies going to U.S. oil companies must come to an end.

Why then is a Brazilian oil company getting $2 billion dollars in what is effectively a subsidy for them to drill in offshore waters?

Why are they getting taxpayer dollars and the jobs that we should get? Why are they getting the money to do the same thing that we can do?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: brazil; energy; obama; oil; taxes
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1 posted on 04/26/2011 10:45:42 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I don’t know, maybe Soros doesn’t have any interest in US oil companies.


2 posted on 04/26/2011 10:46:38 AM PDT by hometoroost (Love the Onion story on a closed-ceremony "transparency" award. Oh wait, that actually happened.)
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It would be interesting to see him explain why.


3 posted on 04/26/2011 10:46:38 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I’ll take a guess - five letters - #1 and #5 are ‘S’


4 posted on 04/26/2011 10:47:42 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Yet, MORE questions the MSM will NEVER ask President Obama.


5 posted on 04/26/2011 10:48:53 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Because the American people are the enemy, and Brazil is run by commies. Get it?


6 posted on 04/26/2011 10:48:53 AM PDT by Antoninus (Fight the homosexual agenda. Support marriage -- www.nationformarriage.org)
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To: hometoroost; ComputerGuy

Surely Obama isn’t into crony capitalism...


7 posted on 04/26/2011 10:49:09 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Crony capitalism? No way. This guy's on the up and up.
Honest.
8 posted on 04/26/2011 10:51:51 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
He wants to spread the wealth around ask Joe the Plumber

Why did he give them a Gulf Permit in the Gulf where he has denied US Companies with US widows and orpans as stockholders than a fellow Marxist friend in Brazil?

U.S. issues second post-spill drill permit in Gulf Petrobras gets permit for U.S. deep waters WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- Washington has given Petrobras America Inc. permission to start oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, a regulator said. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement gave Petrobras approval to use a floating production storage offloading facility at its Cascade-Chinook project in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more: Petrobras gets permit for U.S. deep waters -

9 posted on 04/26/2011 10:52:06 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: hometoroost

Exactly. He’s against AMERICANS making money. His buddy Hugo? Well, socialists have to stick together. Sure Obama will have a post-presidency job on some “board” there as well as all the green companies he’s throwing money to.

Our number one export right now in America is jobs.


10 posted on 04/26/2011 10:53:45 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

“It would be interesting to see him explain why.

It would be even more interesting for someone to ASK him why, under oath.


11 posted on 04/26/2011 10:54:01 AM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
The really bad thing here is that Obama paid Brazil 2 billion dollars for a kick-ass vacation for his family and had to call it short because Hillary started a war with one of his best friends...
12 posted on 04/26/2011 10:54:29 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

btt


13 posted on 04/26/2011 10:54:37 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Because soros owns baraq.


14 posted on 04/26/2011 10:54:51 AM PDT by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

the answer is,: ‘reparative wealth distribution’


15 posted on 04/26/2011 10:55:10 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It would be racist not to underwrite Brazilian jobs just as it would be racist to allow oil jobs in America.


16 posted on 04/26/2011 10:56:20 AM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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To: blueplum

“the answer is,: ‘reparative wealth distribution’”

Yep.


17 posted on 04/26/2011 10:57:57 AM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Howie66

Why?..... So we can be Brazils first customer...just as Bo said...he’ll spread our wealth around....which for some reason he cannot admit we are broke!

EPA is his tool to Shut us down...drill there...and force us to send our revenues south....”spreading the wealth around”. He’s doing exactly what he said he would do so we should not be surprised. More than obvious Obama not only cares not for this nation but his intentions are to weaken us as much as is wihtin his power to do so.... in every respect.


18 posted on 04/26/2011 11:02:13 AM PDT by caww
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Simple.

Obama's

Reporting

Official

Said so.

19 posted on 04/26/2011 11:04:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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20 posted on 04/26/2011 11:07:09 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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