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Originally Posted by Frosty
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.
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I dont directly blame Bush for the current oil crisis. I think what happend was the perfect storm of economic destruction. Falling dollar = rising oil prices. I think if the dollar was equal to the Euro, we would be looking at under 100 bucks a barrel.
Regulation would not be with the oil companies, but with the trading and speculation. Everything goes from one extreme to the next, its part of our culture. We dont know when to stop, and then when something big happens, we snap up and go the other way. Doesnt matter if its gas prices or terrorisim, we are a nation of flipflopping gluttons.
Our country has really been in complete disaray since Sept 11th 2001 IMO. That day set all of us on a course of just absolute crazyness. Throw in two wars, a big hurricane, and morgage lending gone off the deep end, you get lots of people in debt, running out of gas, ready for something to happen. But we as Americans are more lazy now then ever. Im surprised that no one has tried to start taking a lead. Obama and McCain are just two of the same people we have seen for a while. I dont know who to listen to, or who to belive in. There is no strong leader in this country anymore, but even that wont do much with a goverment that has stopped working for the people.
No wonder people dont vote.