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Old 04-27-2011, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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So, gas prices are way up. Oil company profits are up. Oil companies take advantage of deductions that our government has determined will change their behavior.

So what does Obama propose??? Increase oil company taxes by removing the deductions. Now guess what happens when you increase taxes on oil companies????????


You guessed it. They INCREASE gas prices to cover the increased taxes.

Our fearless leader thinks we are dumb... and maybe we are, but not so dumb to believe his political rhetoric.

Raising taxes on oil companies will increase, not decrease, prices at the pump.
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Old 04-27-2011, 08:56 AM
 
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So, gas prices are way up. Oil company profits are up. Oil companies take advantage of deductions that our government has determined will change their behavior.

So what does Obama propose??? Increase oil company taxes by removing the deductions. Now guess what happens when you increase taxes on oil companies????????


You guessed it. They INCREASE gas prices to cover the increased taxes.

Our fearless leader thinks we are dumb... and maybe we are, but not so dumb to believe his political rhetoric.

Raising taxes on oil companies will increase, not decrease, prices at the pump.
He's just a typical social democrat. He thinks tax increases stimulate the economy.
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Old 04-27-2011, 08:58 AM
 
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So, gas prices are way up. Oil company profits are up. Oil companies take advantage of deductions that our government has determined will change their behavior.

So what does Obama propose??? Increase oil company taxes by removing the deductions. Now guess what happens when you increase taxes on oil companies????????


You guessed it. They INCREASE gas prices to cover the increased taxes.

Our fearless leader thinks we are dumb... and maybe we are, but not so dumb to believe his political rhetoric.

Raising taxes on oil companies will increase, not decrease, prices at the pump.

Yes- he is dumber than dirt.

Not much for choices in the last election, but in 2012 I think that most people would select any mammal over Obama. Are there any provisions in the Constitution that the president must be human, or only a citizen?
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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So, gas prices are way up. Oil company profits are up. Oil companies take advantage of deductions that our government has determined will change their behavior.

So what does Obama propose??? Increase oil company taxes by removing the deductions. Now guess what happens when you increase taxes on oil companies????????


You guessed it. They INCREASE gas prices to cover the increased taxes.

Our fearless leader thinks we are dumb... and maybe we are, but not so dumb to believe his political rhetoric.

Raising taxes on oil companies will increase, not decrease, prices at the pump.
He's NOT stupid. There is plan, and it requires high energy prices to pull off. Obama wanted to bring change, remember.
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:05 AM
 
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End all tax loopholes, subsidies, and deductions now.

Charge a flat corporate income tax rate of 15% on all oil companies
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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So you suggest what? No taxes on oil companies?
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:09 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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So you suggest what? No taxes on oil companies?
The Republican solution, bow-down deeply to the corporations and allow them to hold America hostage and dictate government policy.

Great Plan!
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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The Republican solution, bow-down deeply to the corporations and allow them to hold America hostage and dictate government policy.

Great Plan!
Better to bow down to corporations, from whom all blessings flow than to bow down to some foreign head of state who will hold America hostage and dictate policy.

At least U.S. Olympians know better.
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Russian news agencies quoted a Russian Space Agency official as refusing to let “unsafe” vehicles dock to the International Space Station (ISS).

Sounds reasonable, right?

But it’s not what it seems. In reality, it is a bare-knuckled attempt to prevent competition from an upstart American company.
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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Oh come on people! Isn't it obvious the Man is trying to force us out of our resource-hungry middle class lifestyle? We wouldn't do it willingly, so now they will force us out by making that kind of lifestyle too expensive to pull off anymore.

Last edited by Chango; 04-27-2011 at 09:25 AM..
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Old 04-27-2011, 09:19 AM
 
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So you suggest what? No taxes on oil companies?
Corporations don't pay taxes. PEOPLE pay taxes. That is the way it should be.
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