Whose Side are You On?
Whose Side Are You On?
On the side of the American consumer and the taxpayer, or Big Oil?
Are the days over when we pay for Big Oil to gouge us with high fuel prices? Its about time that the Congress did something about Big Oil other than line their pockets with oil money. And Congress has done something. Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw down the gauntlet to other members of Congress and basically said, “Whose side are you on -- the American consumer and taxpayer -- or Big Oil? If they want to drill off shore, then fine, but they have to pay for it!”
The American people have been paying Big Oil to explore and drill for oil for decades. They make profits the like of which No company as ever made before, yet they feed at the trough of tax payer subsidies. This has just been WRONG!
It is time that We the People stand up and do something. It’s time to get mad as hell and let OUR reprehensive representatives in Washington know just how we feel. The video cut from the movie Network comes to mind.
TPelosi stated: "If they want to drill offshore we say, 'Okay, if you want to drill on the outer continental shelf, let's have a discussion and a change of the relationship between our oil, which is owned by the American people, the desire of Big Oil for us to subsidize their drilling, and us not to. The American people are not getting the benefit of the profits.' So more drilling, no subsidies, and we want our royalties, in order to pay for investments in renewable energy resources, make a strong commitment to LIHEAP and the land and conservation fund, something like that.
"And if you oppose that, what are you saying? ‘I'm for drilling and for subsidized Big Oil and I want all of the profits to go to Big Oil, and I don't want to visit this relationship of getting the funds that we are owed from the royalties of holidays in the late 90s.’
Well Good For You Nancy. It’s about Damn Time!
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