"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.


Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians, current
or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch


I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair, that
and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting on big
oil boards.


Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is priced
by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically) could
somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have to buy
crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.

Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians, current
or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch

I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair, that
and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting on big
oil boards.


Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is priced
by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically) could
somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have to buy
crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.




"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?

"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.

Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians, current
or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch

I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair,
that and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting
on big oil boards.


Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is
priced by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically)
could somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have
to buy crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.


"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?

Is that why we never see much of Cheney? Is he too busy attending OPEC
committee meetings, encouraging them to increase the price of oil?

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.

Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians,
current or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch

I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair,
that and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting
on big oil boards.


Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is
priced by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically)
could somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have
to buy crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.


"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?

Is that why we never see much of Cheney? Is he too busy attending OPEC
committee meetings, encouraging them to increase the price of oil?

Eisboch

Big government does like higher oil prices, bigger tax revenue when indexed
on the price as a percentage.

On Mar 1, 9:46*pm, "Canuck57" wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message

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"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.

Sure he is Harry. *Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians,
current or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch

I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair,
that and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting
on big oil boards.

Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is
priced by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically)
could somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have
to buy crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.

"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?

Is that why we never see much of Cheney? *Is he too busy attending OPEC
committee meetings, encouraging them to increase the price of oil?

Eisboch

Big government does like higher oil prices, bigger tax revenue when indexed
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No kidding!

Here a few years ago when pump gas jumped from about 1.35 to 2.35,
Gov. George Ryan put a stay on sales tax (6.25%) per gallon, andheld
it for about 6 mo. Does'n't sound like much, but when you consider the
big pic. it was a pretty good discount. Now comes our present
governor. Price jmps over the $3.00 mark and people were saying "Hey
guv. How about doing something with this gas sales tax?" The answer?
"Nah, we're leaving it on this time because we're broke!"

Errrr. OK so now the state is pulling in 6.75% per gal. on pump gas,
and the state has more money flowing in from motor fuels tax revenues
then they'd ever seen before. HUGE amounts! Like double what it was 10
years ago.

The gov. still says we're broke.

yeah.... r-r-r-r-ight!

"Tim" wrote in message news:e75e8ad5-ff31-4c80-8517-

The gov. still says we're broke.

yeah.... r-r-r-r-ight!

Government spending will always grow to exceed revenues unless you get a
real conservative player at the top willing to rustle the feathers of the
civil service. That is, put the government on a diet and show some real
leadership.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.

Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians,
current or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch

I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair,
that and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting
on big oil boards.


Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is
priced by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically)
could somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have
to buy crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.


"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?

Is that why we never see much of Cheney? Is he too busy attending OPEC
committee meetings, encouraging them to increase the price of oil?

Eisboch

Speaking of that...do you still have a vice president down there? We never
hear of him up this way.

Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I'll bet that Dicque Cheney is working right now with his "BIG OIL"
buddies to try to knock the price of gas down temporarily two weeks
before the November elections.
Sure he is Harry. Sure he is.

The blame for the price of oil doesn't reside with politicians,
current or past.
The blame resides with us.

Eisboch
I think a steep "excess profits tax" would tighten things up a hair,
that and members representing the public and responsible to it sitting
on big oil boards.

Excess profits in what terms? Straight dollars, or percentage? It really
wouldn't matter. Unlike the vast majority of businesses, crude oil is
priced by a gambling parlor. Even if you (and I mean YOU specifically)
could somehow control the profits of the oil companies, they still have
to buy crude at prices determined by sheer lunacy.

"Big Oil" helps set the price of the crude it buys. You think it doesn't
have "partners" sitting on the OPEC committees?
Is that why we never see much of Cheney? Is he too busy attending OPEC
committee meetings, encouraging them to increase the price of oil?

Eisboch

Speaking of that...do you still have a vice president down there? We never
hear of him up this way.




He's in a halfway house, hopefully on his way to a "fullway" house. :)

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He's in a halfway house, hopefully on his way to a "fullway" house. :)


I wouldn't hold my breath...those %^%& politicians are slippery *******s.
We would love to nail a former prime minister ( Ronnie Reagan bum boy) up
here, but with his Conservative party currently in power....... he shucks &
jives with the best of them.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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He's in a halfway house, hopefully on his way to a "fullway" house. :)


I wouldn't hold my breath...those %^%& politicians are slippery *******s.
We would love to nail a former prime minister ( Ronnie Reagan bum boy) up
here, but with his Conservative party currently in power....... he shucks &
jives with the best of them.



Have you stopped and taken a look at why the Conservative party is in
power? You can bitch about all you want but, a majority of your fellow
citizens disagree with you.