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Originally posted by Daedal
We've all been screwed,the Blacks by Whites,and The Whites by Whites.
Originally posted by illuminatislave
Originally posted by Daedal
We've all been screwed,the Blacks by Whites,and The Whites by Whites.
Or, you can say that the haves have screwed the have nots, since this is what it boils down too.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by beezzer
And why not?
They are a bunch of thieving scheming traitors except for a few honestly disgruntled and misinformed citizens at the front of the pack...like Joe the Plumber and a few of the posters in this and other threads I have seen. Other than that...mostly scum of the Earth. No good for America at all. Someone has to stop this kind criminal activity and folks, as you can see if you can read - it ain't the Tea Party.
If this is not ripping off American taxpayers, nothing is.
Having taken their blunt budget ax to Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, EPA, NPR, and dozens of other popular and effective programs, they scampered to save one of the least popular and least effective federal programs on the books: the annual taxpayer subsidy for Big Oil.
As gasoline prices were rising to $4-a-gallon and higher, the House GOP voted unanimously to let the oil giants continue siphoning $4 billion a year out of our public treasury.
All 241 of the Republican/Tea Party House members—with not even one dissenter in the bunch—declared that in this time of a supposed budget “crisis,” the neediest among us are....the waifs of Big Oil.
Meanwhile, ExxonMobil just announced a 69 percent leap in profits this year, while Chevron, ConocoPhillips and others are enjoying similar jumps in theirs.
Guess what percentage of those enormous profits the corporations are likely to pay in taxes?
Zilch.
Their lobbyists have punched such gaping loopholes in our tax code that they can escape paying anything for the privileges and benefits they get from America.
Exxon, for example, had a $19-billion profit in 2009, but not only did it pay exactly zero in federal income taxes, it manipulated the system to get a $156 million rebate from us (taxpayers).
Likewise, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips had multibillion-dollar profits that year, paid not a dime in taxes, and also got refunds. www.texasobserver.org...
And you wonder why we are broke?
Keep blaming the government "programs" that help the poor and the destitute...what a crock.
edit on 4-9-2011 by newcovenant because: (no reason given)
The democrats have no intention of changing the current taxes on big oil. They are just using it as a scape goat.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
Would you watch it if chaz bono was a contestant?
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
I see you are in the petrol business or a champion of it anyway. Good for you. You are a part of the problem not the solution. I guess there are a lot of things we need to take the excess gas out of.
I'm not in the petrol business, but I think it is completely absurd for people to whine and whine about how terrible big oil is while they are yet using tons and tons of product they would never think of giving up which has a petroleum base or ingredient.
Products made from petroleum :
How would you feel if this happened to Your Great Grandfather?
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Quadrivium
The democrats have no intention of changing the current taxes on big oil. They are just using it as a scape goat.
Oh you Rhodes Scholar you...show me where all the Dems voted in favor of this and I will kiss your a..
Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by Daedal
How would you feel if this happened to Your Great Grandfather?
You're right. And we should then slaughter every Japanese we encounter because of what they did to us in the '40's. Avenge Bataan!
Originally posted by MidnightTide
reply to post by Daedal
Well don't forget the Africans that sold those slaves.....and please, how long are we supposed to feel bad for slavery. Sorry, your white guilt trip doesn't work on me.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Quadrivium
Maybe you didn't hear a peep but I heard about those "evil oil companies" all the time.
I met the man in charge of handling the EXXON Valdez spill PR for EXXON at a dinner party. After that they were demonized in some circles. Apparently you don't travel in those circles. Don't let your ideology prevent you from performing simple math. You know what NONE is?
edit on 5-9-2011 by newcovenant because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Quadrivium
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Quadrivium
Maybe you didn't hear a peep but I heard about those "evil oil companies" all the time.
I met the man in charge of handling the EXXON Valdez spill PR for EXXON at a dinner party. After that they were demonized in some circles. Apparently you don't travel in those circles. Don't let your ideology prevent you from performing simple math. You know what NONE is?
edit on 5-9-2011 by newcovenant because: (no reason given)
Yes I know what NONE is, it's the same as your argument, you have none.
In your previous post you were saying how bad it was that all of the popular programs were being cut but not the subsidies on Big Oil.
I stated that the dems were just using it as a scape goat, and you start bragging about the libfest you go to.
I don't care what circles your in, maybe you should try dropping out of some of the circles, stop chasing your tail and think for yourself.
Fact- Big Oil was not a problem for democrats until republicans won the house. Why is that?
Originally posted by
Why do you sidestep the facts? Why are you trying to avoid this most recent slap in the face to working Americans. Big oil has always been a problem for Democrats - It is their platform for cripes sake. Get a grip.
Provide a link or it didn't happen. Again show me where they just didn't care. Show me where it was not a problem...what are you basing this on? Making stuff up?