"BAR" wrote in message
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Tax breaks and subsidies are used by government control behavior. Your
behavior and that of the big oil companies it is all the same.

snip...

I'd rather the gov't treat them as the scoundrels they are.
Lay out a new policy that benefits the consumer...if the oil companies don't
like it, nationalize their holdings in the interest of national security.

Ooops..one little problem...they own the politicians who make the laws. I
like Tom's advice... nuke 'em all.