Congress seeks to jack up fees on home heating oil in midst of frigid winter

The Washington Times ^ | February 2, 2014 | Jacqueline Klimas

[ZULU]

Congress‘ mammoth farm bill restores the imposition of an extra fee on home heating oil, hitting consumers in cold-weather states just as utility costs are spiking.

[ZULU]

More little piggies at the food trough.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is this only on “home heating oil” or all diesel ?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The peasants are just another crop to be harvested.

[C210N]

Ø won’t sign it... he’s for the little guy, and won’t allow this. /sarc

[hosepipe]

WHY?........................

[ZULU]

Don’t know.

[Tzimisce]

Using Karl Marx’s ideas to help the middle class is like using Adolph Hitler’s ideas to help the Jews.

[12th_Monkey]

I’m sure that will affect the states that vote democratic mostly, so good. You wanted one party rule, choke on it.

[Fresh Wind]

You don’t understand. According to the article, the fee lowers energy costs for the consumer.

Why wouldn’t that be a good thing? /sarc

[dblshot]

1 cent on 5 gallons isn't exactly a big deal. But it's all these incremental bumps for funding a bureaucracy that is weighing done the economy. Encourage new equipment my arse.

[ZULU]

The bastards in Congress LOVE these Omnibus bills. They hide ALL KINDS of critters in there.

Omnibus Bills should be unconstitutional. What citizen has the time to read all this crap?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Off road diesel is dyed red and moves into home heating and mining, logging, etc.
How will anyone know which gallon to tax ?

[TurboZamboni]

Next come the smallpox blankets.

[ZULU]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Remember, the bastard in the White House and his party believe Americans are too warm in winter, too cool in summer, too well-fed, too well clothed and too medicated. They think we should live like third world people.

Just part of the grand scheme.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It is if you don’t account for it.

[WayneS]

...and then Joe Kennedy can blame it on greedy oil companies and kiss Venezuela’s ass to get “free” heating oil for poor people.

[Eagles6]

Because they can.

[Black Agnes]

Around here LEO’s have little transparent dipsticks they’ll use to check truckers fuel tanks. If the little dipstick shows red, trucker is in big trouble.

[1rudeboy]

Rent-seekers . . . and look at their arguments, seen them here before?

[Repeal The 17th]

From the article:
“...The bill prohibits oil companies from passing the fee on to consumers...”
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Our lawmakers are such a bunch of morons.
Money is money, it has to come from somewhere.

The only thing that requirement does is keep the fee
from being itemized on the customer’s bill so that
the consumer won’t blame their politicians for the 2 cents/10 gallons.