and America takes another one in the........
Posted on 05/24/2010 2:35:02 PM PDT by Natural Born 54
Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple—to 32 cents a barrel—a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups.
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Waddaya mean they spent it on social programs.
Except the money will be spent for Congresscritters to live like kings, and there won’t be a dime when the next oil spill occurs, if ever.
They may as well put all workers in chains!
Congress is getting ready to quadruple—to 32 cents a barrel—a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups line the pockets of every politically connected special interest groups.
Fixed for accuracy.
The joke here is it is going into a trust fund!
Hey, remember his lips were moving so, as usual, his words are completely meaningless and worthless.
and America takes another one in the........
Nailed it right there with that post.
No further comment necessary.
We can take the 165 billion some Dem. Congressrat wants to give to the Unions and use it for the clean up instead.
How much does that tax per barrel translate into per gallon?
Reminds me of the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd cartoon, where Daffy keeps getting shot and finally yells, “Shoot me again!I’m a fiddler crab! It’s fiddler crab seaon! I love the smell of burnt feathers!”
I'm sorry, but I simply refuse to believe that even Harry Reid is that stupid.
EVERYONE who uses oil or anything created by or transported with or stored with anything that consumes energy created by oil will pay for this.
The dems have become so detached from reality, it's like living in a country where 40% of the populace is psychotic.
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