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During the Energy Crisis of 1972, Congress created the Alternative Energy Source tax to foster the development of new fuels. I wonder if they're still collecting it.
1 posted on 06/29/2023 1:03:35 PM PDT by econjack
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To: econjack

https://www.doi.gov/ocio/policy-mgmt-support/paperwork-reduction-act


Anyone remember the Paperwork Reduction Act under Reagan?

made the problem worse.........................


2 posted on 06/29/2023 1:08:07 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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"NOW, let that sink in.

Fine.


3 posted on 06/29/2023 1:19:05 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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And Nixon’s Pollution Control Agency eventually turned into...


5 posted on 06/29/2023 1:21:53 PM PDT by fruser1
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If we completely scrapped the DoE and put the annual appropriation into buying oil each year (at $100/bbl), we would have 6.6 million barrels of oil each day.


8 posted on 06/29/2023 1:33:32 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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