[traditional1]

"There's nothing wrong with donors seeing a potential profit from Prop. 87, said Begala"

Right, but don't allow the oil companies to make a profit? What a surprise.....

[Proud_USA_Republican]

socialist idiots.

[TexasCajun]

Maybe tax-poor Louisiana & Mississippi can add a surcharge to fuel it sends to Kalifornia?

Texas could append a "Remember Enron" tariff on fuel to Kalifornia.

[TexasCajun]

Don't ever get the impression "The Forehead" is a Texan!

Begala was born in New Jersey and raised in Missouri City, Texas.

[TexasCajun]

I have not heard one Big Media pundit ask a liberal why they are upset about high fuel cost when their whole life is spent doing the exact things that bring about high fuel cost in the first place..

[Right Cal Gal]

I'll vote for this when they slap a tax on the Hollywierd liberals for driving limousines and taking private jets, having homes bigger than 3,000 sq. ft., and basically wasting the natural resources they claim to care so much about.

[calcowgirl]

Mentioned in article:

SUPPORTING Prop 87

• Paul Begala, a consultant for Proposition 87
• Al Lundeen, a spokesman for the anti-Prop. 87 forces
• Stephen Bing, has given millions to Democratic causes
• John Doerr, Democratic donor and a prominent venture capitalist (Kleiner, Perkins, et.al.)
• Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist (Kleiner, Perkins, et.al.)
• William Hearst, a director of the Hearst Corp. and venture capitalist (Kleiner, Perkins, et.al.)
• Robert Fisher, chairman of the Gap
• Lawrence Page, president of products for Google

OPPOSING Prop 87

• California Chamber of Commerce
• California Business Roundtable
• California Farm Bureau
• Anti-tax organizations
• Chevron
• Aera Energy, a joint venture of Shell and Exxon
• Occidental Oil

[beltfed308]

It also would bar oil companies from raising gas prices to cover the cost of the tax.

In reality this is called a fine. How communist but for Kali just another day.

[econjack]

Another bright idea from an idiot. First of all, we've been paying an "alternative sources of energy" tax since the oil crisis back in the early 1970's and the gov't has yet to produce a drop of fuel...you'd think 30+ years might be enough time to get something done.

The tree-huggers in CA have fought every energy-source production facility for the past three decades, from power plants to off-shore drilling, but listen to 'em bit#h when they have a brown or black out. Now they're complaining about high gas prices and this idiot wants to produce less so that it becomes more expensive for the CA economy to function.

Maybe CA deserves these idiots.

[Uncle Hal]

The backers do not have the money the oil companies do. It is not even close. By the time the elections roll around the voters will not know what they are voting for. This measure will lose, guaranteed.

[somniferum]

Atlas Shrugged happening right before our eyes.

[Publius6961]

This is not rocket science.

Oil Companies don't pay taxes.
Consumers and shareholders (most of us) do.

Next "news" article...

[Timocrat]

Why not tax venture capital gains instead. Talk about obscene profits. What about taxing intellectual property. It is amazing to me that such supposedly smart people would sign up for such stupidity. The only explanation must be that they are invested in some start-up which only breaks even when the price of gas hits $4 a gallon.

[goldstategop]

How would you like to pay more for gas? This is one of the reasons I'm getting out of California; the Left's policies have made life too expensive. And now they are not satisfied with $3.00 a gallon at the pump. Vaccuum out more from motorists' wallets - "to make the oil companies pay!"

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)