Yeah, ol' Exxon-Mobil made 10 or 11 billion in the first quarter of 2008, BUT!
Exxon-Mobil Paid $3 in Taxes for Every $1 of Profit
Apparently the tax thieves in Congress ain't satisfied with "one for you, three for me".
Maybe they want "one for you, five or six for me", while the taxpayers take it in the shorts with $4 plus gasoline and diesel...
This article brought to you by Will Lester, DNC stenographer...
>>”Republicans want more drilling, more consumption and more tax giveaways for the big oil companies,” she said. “Democrats say that those are exactly the policies that got us into this mess to begin with.”<<
Two words Debbie
“The Seventies”
liberal logic: let’s go back to the stone age.
economics 101: the day the world cuts back its oil consumption, that is the day when the real world wide depression commences.
Do I laugh? Do I cry? Or should I just pretend this is Scrappleface so that I do not have to ponder how frikin' ignorant and completey dumb that Senator appears to be? Good Lord!
But Nancy Pelosi promised to fix this problem if a majority of Democrats were elected to the house!
If you haven't had an energy policy for thirty or forty years, other than "You Shall Not Pass!", just lie about it!
*Gagging*
Drill ANWR — that would be a change for the better.
Debbie! How much has gas gone up since you and the Dems took over in January 2006? It your economy baby.
Unemployment was better also 16 months ago.
Its also your energy policy not to drill in ANWAR and off the coast of Florida and California.
Jeesh! Get a life Debbie.
Hey Debbie....go home and take care of your cheating husband.
Stabenow is telling an outright lie, the culprit is not only Klinton for vetoing drilling in Anwar, but the 25 yr ban on offshore drilling, if we need more oil, we have to drill for it, we cannot wish for it, and the Dhimmis and a few R”’s have cut us off from acquiring more oil.
The wuss-face Republicans deserve to be the victim of these moronic lies, since they ALL lack the guts to say what must be done: DRILL!
Debbie, you idiot...the Chinese are drilling 50 miles off our southern coast......do ya think there is a REASON???
Every vote for a Dimmocrat, is a vote for higher energy prices, higher trade deficits and a less secure country.
Elections have consequences.
If Congress continues to refuse to allow drilling and refining, then let Debbie lead the way by opening her state to do it.
Let's REDUCE drilling! That'll help the consumer!
Stabencow is the single stupidest human being in America, up to and including infants born without brain stems.
My email to Sen. Stabenow:
You were quoted by Associated Press calling for the GOP to change their policy on oil, and blaming them for the current high prices. You asked the GOP to:
* Ending billions of dollars in tax breaks for big oil companies.
Why not call for the end of all corporate tax breaks, regardless of the industry? Corporations don’t need tax breaks. They either make it on their own, or they fail.
* Forcing the oil companies to do their part by investing some of their profits in clean and affordable alternative energy.
Can you, as a member of Congress, guarantee they won’t be hit by anti-trust laws when they do?
* Protecting the American people from price gougers and greedy oil traders who manipulate the market.
Congress writes the laws. The Justice Department enforces them. What’s the problem?
* Temporarily stopping the diversion of oil to the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is already 97 percent full.
Congress can pass a law suspending this program, if they are willing to assume the consequences. Given the Middle East situation, wouldn’t the diversion of this oil to homeowners be risky? Wouldn’t car-pooling save more oil than diverting oil from the Strategic Reserves?
* Standing up to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil-producing nations that are working together to keep oil prices high.
Wouldn’t this be considered as meddling in other countries affairs? The Congress is trying to get the US out of the Middle East. What would you propose the President should do to Iran?
You cite the President and his cronies as getting used to the spoils of plunder. Do you have any evidence the President and his cronies have profited unduly? Have you invited the Justice Department to investigate?
Hollow rhetoric is not going to lower the price of gasoline.
Increasing the production of domestic oil will contribute to lower prices.
Adding nuclear power plants will reduce oil prices.
Adding U.S. based refineries will lower the cost of gasoline.
Forcing auto companies to cease immediately the production of gas guzzling vehicles, and requiring all consumers to drive small vehicles will reduce the price of gasoline.
Rationing gasoline will reduce the cost of gasoline.
Forcing all homeowners using fuel oil for domestic heat and hot water to convert to electric systems will reduce the cost of gasoline.
You see, there are many positive ways to reduce the cost of gasoline, all of which are under the power of the United States Congress to enact and demand enforcement.
I suggest ending the rhetoric, and start legislating will be more beneficial.
Thank you for your time.