PolitiZoid - Gassing Up with Obama

Gas prices continue to climb at a steady rate. Rather than drilling and taking action to stop the crisis at the pump, the Obama Administration is busy telling Americans what they should do.

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[chuska8383]

@TiamoInfidels Look at the amount of money oil companies make per gallon. It is $0.02. Now look at the amount of taxes paid per gallon. It is $0.47. Now look at the number of oil drilling operations that have been curtailed due to excessive regulation. It is in the hundreds of billions.

Stop watching the television, it is filling your head with government nonsense. The problem is not the oil companies "subsidies" and "record profits" - it is the government. Wake up.

[QSpark]

@yakyakyak69 I wish it were that simple. the truth is that progressives are so blinded by their own good intentions that they fail to see the result of their policies.and when they are told those results they blame it on capitalism and greed. "it can't be our fault, we only want to help" they say to themselves.

[Hoschi0913]

@chuska8383

but Exxon made $10B in profit in the first 1/4 of 2011

(oh did i forgot to mention they also payed $8B in taxes at the same time,well who cares they are rich)

[PerfectExceeeder]

Yay! Fuck oil. It's time we stopped using that shit. Now if only Obama could get rid of the oil completely. Hmmm....

[Licmycat]

It's the filthy perverted stock traitors on NYMEX that did this. Throw them in prison if you want satisfaction.

[joekiddone]

Obama’s inane “I remember pumping my own gas” comment failed translation to ‘I feel your pain’ -- but it actually does show everyone how this weasel of a prez hides from issues like the price of gas doubling during his imperial reign.

[texastornado89]

1997 $1:18

[SeekingHisWill]

King Hussein Needs to go!

[jcruenv]

@wingbatzero Wow, you know nothing about how gas is taxed do you? If making $0.07 / gallon is "record profit" and they are the ones producing the fuel.

What do you call a profit $0.47 / gallon the government takes for doing nothing? Charity? Good will.

I call it theft.

[jcruenv]

@chuska8383 Exactly. And then look at what the government puts into producing energy and what the oil companies are doing and tell us who's the crook and who's actually providing a service that happens to make profit.

[karozans]

I just filled up about 1 hour ago. $85.76.

[nojunkorspam]

Wait, you mean Obama has shut down pre-existing platforms? I knew he was blocking permits to allow new drilling but I didn't know he actually shut down already existing operations! What an asshole! 2013 can't come fast enough for me.