bling821
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I'm not a Bush hater but I did notice that this didn't start happening until after Bush went over there and "begged" for OPEC to keep the oil coming. What really went on over there? Besides we get more crude from Canada anyway. OPEC does have us by the "you know what's" and they know it. This game isn't fun.
As far as big oil's profits are concerned, they manufacture and sell the hottest commodity on the market, oil. Nothing sells like oil does and the demand for it increases everyday. They should make the most profits, that's how it works. They sell fuel at a mostly fair market price based on the rules of supply and demand. Sometimes the prices are quick to go up and slow to drop but isn't that how any other business runs things?
A price cap or, as Clinton wants to do, take away some profits is just a sugar coated way to say the government wants to TAX the oil companies. The oil companies will, if Clinton were to get her way, pay out a bunch of money for alternative fuel research and they will still turn out the same amount of profits. Why you might ask? Well because you, the consumer, will pay the difference or the "tax". And if you thing fuel prices are to high now, just wait.
I'm also tired of this feeling of the need for America to be equal to everyone else. Kind of like the whole, we've paid less for gas for years and now its time to get ours. NO ITS NOT! This is America with a free economy and because of that our lives our better. Why do you think people immigrate to the United States in droves? Because this is the greatest country on earth with the best economy and the best opportunity. How else could a country as young as this risen so fast to become the most powerful country in the world?
Well with all of this manufactured economy crisis stuff floating around and OPEC controlling the output (not the amount of oil in the ground mind you, don't mix the two up) more Americans are more eager to call on the government to help which, history has shown in other countries as has this one, that that is the wrong answer. How much longer can we go like this?
As far as big oil's profits are concerned, they manufacture and sell the hottest commodity on the market, oil. Nothing sells like oil does and the demand for it increases everyday. They should make the most profits, that's how it works. They sell fuel at a mostly fair market price based on the rules of supply and demand. Sometimes the prices are quick to go up and slow to drop but isn't that how any other business runs things?
A price cap or, as Clinton wants to do, take away some profits is just a sugar coated way to say the government wants to TAX the oil companies. The oil companies will, if Clinton were to get her way, pay out a bunch of money for alternative fuel research and they will still turn out the same amount of profits. Why you might ask? Well because you, the consumer, will pay the difference or the "tax". And if you thing fuel prices are to high now, just wait.
I'm also tired of this feeling of the need for America to be equal to everyone else. Kind of like the whole, we've paid less for gas for years and now its time to get ours. NO ITS NOT! This is America with a free economy and because of that our lives our better. Why do you think people immigrate to the United States in droves? Because this is the greatest country on earth with the best economy and the best opportunity. How else could a country as young as this risen so fast to become the most powerful country in the world?
Well with all of this manufactured economy crisis stuff floating around and OPEC controlling the output (not the amount of oil in the ground mind you, don't mix the two up) more Americans are more eager to call on the government to help which, history has shown in other countries as has this one, that that is the wrong answer. How much longer can we go like this?
