[chemicalman]

"Never let a crisis go to waste." Rhambo Deadfish

Big gubmint coming at you. Call your congress critters before they ram it through like they did healthcare.

[johniegrad]

As if this will ever have anything to do with the oil spill. The money will go the same route as the state tobacco lawsuits, i.e., for spending on every pet project other than what it was intended for.

No government can be trusted.

[MNJohnnie]

Yet when asked by the Press why they are not taking over the oil spill clean up the O regime says “The Oil Companies are the only ones that have the equipment to deal with these spills”.

So it is yet another massive waste of tax dollars on yet another Federal program that does NOTHING it is suppose to do.

[poobear]

Great, just when the cost of a barrel is below $70 and prices at the pump are below 2.80. This will be good for the already spiraling economy.

Democrats can screw up anything!

[kabar]

So does the money go into a lock box for future spills? Probably not. The government will spend it and put IOUs in its place just like SS and Medicare. This is just another way to raise tax revenue.

[Drango]

0.76 cents per gallon of gas.

~sigh...We are so screwed.

[RC2]

Any excuse to raise taxes. How much you wanna bet that none of the new tax will go for clean up? It will go to politicians favorite projects and their buddies.

[skimbell]

Who's going to administer this fund? Same clowns that watch over the Social Security "lock-box"?

[Red Badger]

“Raise Taxes!” The Congressional universal response to everything!.............

[silverleaf]

democrat leadership strategy: When all else fails and you want to look like you are managing the situation, raise taxes

[Smokin' Joe]

Where were the fire booms that were supposed to be in the Gulf waiting in case there was a problem? Not one of them was there, which is why there was not rapid containment, and why the slick could not effectively be burned off. For failure, the government wants more money so they won’t have their stuff in a row next time, either?

[a real Sheila]

This tells me that BP won’t have to pay a damned thing!

[RicocheT]

House to vote on raising the oil tax AIR WE BREATHE

There, I fixed it.

[PogySailor]

Bottom line is that we serfs will get the bill in a variety of forms. Higher taxes and higher fuel cost. The “it’s just a few pennies” idea that always rachets is one direction.

[metmom]

Gas prices are going down, just before Memorial Day weekend of all times, something I’ve rarely seen. It’s a money grab, plain and simple.

This is going to affect us all and kill the economy.

We need to contact our representatives and let them know how we feel about this.

[Gabrial]

Thieves, plain and simple. Getting together and voting to steal money that is not yours does not make it right.

[sickoflibs]

RE :” The House is expected to vote this week on whether to quadruple the oil tax to pay for the damages from the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But as dramatic as the increase might seem, analysts say that consumers will barely feel it. The House “oil spill response” measure, included among others in a larger bill, proposes that the tax be increased from its current rate of 8 cents a barrel to 32 cents. This is projected to raise nearly $10 billion over the next 10 years for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. “

Remember Obama’s promise made almost daily. “If you make under 250K per year you will not see ‘your’ taxes increased even one penny”. He never said he wouldn't tax your ‘oil’ or your ‘gasoline’, just 'your' taxes. During the campaign the MSM never thought to ask him if he would tax things we buy either , funny how that works. So much for vetting.

[claymax]

I guess that boot is not on BP after all. I was under the impression that BP was financially responsible for this, why do we need higher taxes.

[Diogenesis]

"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million
to federal …with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama"

"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study"

"Obama admin exempted BP's Gulf drilling from environmental impact study "

"Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico"

"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement"

"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig "

"US allowed drilling 'without required permits"

"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits
The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP …
to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits "

”Obama sat on sand berm request 2 weeks, still no reply"

“Lab Chosen To Test Oil Spill Water & Animal Samples Has Ties To BP
In addition to this potential conflict of interest, federal officials have mandated that BP
gets to hire the companies that collect data as part of efforts to rescue wildlife covered with oil."

“Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill (Coast Guard: "This Is BP's Rules."

BP oil leak: Fallen Deepwater Horizon was tapping second largest oil deposit in the world
If there is a single aspect to the dangers of the BP oil leak,
it lies in the question CEO Tony Hayward and other BP executives
have been avoiding since the first drop of oil went rogue: How much oil is leaking?
The real answer is - more than anyone wants to admit,
because the well holds enough oil to make Saudi Arabian drillers jealous."

[sthguard]

"We're not talking a big impact here; we are talking about adding less than a penny to the cost of the fuel," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, referring to the impact that the increase would have on the price of gasoline.

According to Kloza's calculations, the 8-cent tax on a barrel of oil works out to 0.19 cents per gallon of gas. He said that an increase to 32 cents on a barrel of oil would equal 0.76 cents per gallon of gas. Has Mr. Kloza ever even taken a business class? If a corporation now has to play 400% more taxes on a product, it won't suck it up and maintain prices out of the goodness of its heart. Per-gallon prices may not precisely quadruple, but they sure as heck won't only go up by a penny!

[smokingfrog]

Just another excuse to raise taxes.