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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Neither side is doing ****, but the reps sure as hell aint going to change status quo. Dems are coming up to the wrong answers of questions no one asked.
How do you stop us from using oil? I know, lets jack up the MPG ratings of cars so that people will be forced to drive small POS's that have 2 cyl engines. Good one!
Both sides are to blame, but the way that the oilcompanies have a way of doing what they want are 100% in the hands of the people that had oil ties.
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But Al, Congress has the power to help change that. Short of "taking over the oil companies" as the oh so bright Maxine Waters threatened to do what do you expect government to do? Tack on even more regulations? Our government regulates the **** out of everything as it is.
I think what burns me up the most is that both sides have ideas, some good, some horrendous. However, even the ideas like solar and wind are STILL being blocked by the environmentalists. They say we can't drill, we can't build refineries, we can't go nuclear, we can't build wind farms, we can't build solar panels...THEN WHAT THE F ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? Sure, the oil companies have lobbyists in Washington but so do these whack job environmentalists and let me tell you man, these psychos have some power. I care about this great planet and this great country but God damn...I think these people seriously want us to live in the stone ages...
Then of course Al Gore has to spew his BS. It's scary that people follow him, people with political influence too.
Another thing that is killing the price is our failing dollar. THAT I blame on Bush and the Fed. Inflation was going to happen no matter what yet they kept flooding the market with more $$$. The more money you print the less it's worth. I think a lot of people forget that price of oil is in the dollar. A lot of financial experts, including Forbes, says that a stronger dollar will make a lot of these price issues easier to swallow or go away. I don't see either candidate doing much for the dollar. McCain is a total idiot when it comes to the economy and Obama wants to raise taxes which I wouldn't have a problem with but it's going to be used to fund his social programs. STOP SPENDING MONEY! lol
Sorry for getting political mods, it's kind of tied into the subject though.