Bush. It had to be said. . .
I fully expect our President to see high gas prices as an opportunity to buy votes.
He will cut the 44 cents per gallon federal tax at least in half, and/or begin to release some of our strategic reserves.
He knows he can just print money to make up the shortfall, and pass the bill onto our progeny.
An utterly cynical move, but we already know he has no problem with reducing revenues to buy votes in the payroll tax issue.
The payroll tax reduction thus becomes the “slippery slope” we all feared.
I believe domestic fossil fuel production has been driven by higher prices, and everything else Obama likes the free market doesn't (and that includes nuclear power).
Since this one is a no brainer, our guys in congress will screw it up. We have no one to give the message to the public who can beat back the lies of the left. The payroll tax cut is a good example how the dems will spin the truth o this one too and likely win because of our spineless leaders like John Boehner.
Many of the bushbots were blaming the Dem Congress (2006) for the Bush era ills.
I suppose it would only be tit-for-tat for the Obamabots to blame the GOP House (2010) for their ills.
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The problem with all the political rhetoric — whether coming from the Dems or Pubbies — is that it is the same rhetoric that has been used since Nixon was president. One could pick up an energy/oil/gas related speech from any political year during the previous 40, and it would not sound any different that the speeches politicians are giving today on the subject.
The problem is that the political rhetoric fails to lead to real solutions.
Just yesterday was a thread of some Dem urging Obama to release the Strategic Oil Reserve to help reduce prices. That is the same tactic Clinton used a decade ago.
Energy/oil/gas is too valuable a political football for either political party to actually resolve. And the general pubic gets the bill by increased gas prices.
lets not get sidetracked, We Have Lot’s of Gasoline, we are not using it, people are not buying gas, they are not going to work every day, businesses do not need it either for deliveries and such, they are ALL OUT OF WORK. See here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2816264/posts
Usage is at an ALL TIME LOW and Exports are at an ALL TIME HIGH. The rising cost of Gas has more to do with the THEFT OF VALUE OF OUR MONEY than anything else, some people call it inflationthat’s why we need QE3 to finish off the destruction of the American Middle Class. Funny how everyone overlooks the fact that Counterfeiting is one of the only 3 crimes found in the Constitution itself, and is WHOLLY IGNORED.
Is any organization keeping track of the details of what Obama really did regarding oil drilling?
Is any organization keeping track of the details of what Obama really did regarding oil drilling?
This moron will probably federalize fuel like in Venezuela.
Can anyone imagine what will happen if gas and diesel were suddenly below $2 a gallon?
Or further yet why not just go whole enchilada, make gas below a half dollar per gallon?
If he did such a Hail mary move just what effect would this have upon his re-election, could he really stael the votes from America by allowing dirt cheap fuel prices? Like giving away free cocaine to start up addicts?
Obviously he cares not how deep in debt to make the country, its just a suicide machine to him.
My gut feeling is that he may just whip out a totally obscene plan just like this, his stimulus plans have been exposed so next will be fuel. If he indeed drastically and forcibly makes fuel much lower to what would be the economic benefits?
Or the losers?
10 years ago the Democrats said we shouldn’t drill in ANWR because it would take 10 years before we’d see any benefit. Well, it’s been 10 years!
He is going to make gas receipts an itemized tax deduction for fuel efficient vehicles.
This pos, poseur, mulim in chief is such a LIAR! I wouldn’t feel badly if he met with an untimely demise.
He suffers from severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder. People with this psychological impairment ALWAYS blame someone else for the bad that they do, because in their eyes they can do no wrong.
The Obama gives a speech drinking game!
It’s the purple teletubby’s fault!
Obama has fought hard to keep gas prices down.
Look at all the people he’s prevented from driving to work...
No one will buy what he’s selling...
Obama’s fault.