What Can Your Government Do For You? Nothing Much…
So the headline read “Congress grills oil executives over profits!” What a hoot! Nothing like a fat, greedy politician trying to deep fry a fat, greedy business executive. Honestly, it took me several minutes before I could regain my composure after reading that headline.
Think about it, at $105 a barrel, we’re talking about $2.50 a gallon into the pockets of companies like Exxon. Of course, I’m confident you know that Congress takes $1.11 out of that $2.50 for itself. Add another $0.19 that you and I have to pay at the pumps to the feds and that means Congress is raking in $1.30 on every gallon free and clear.
Oh sure, our paunchy politicians feign outrage as oil companies spend record profits on refineries and alternative energy sources. After all, this is an election year. Yet, no one says a thing about our beloved bureaucrats spending billions to fund teapot museums and on studies on the sex lives of darter snails. If our beloved bureaucrats are truly outraged, if they are that concerned over gas prices, wouldn’t they do the noble thing and allow us to go from $3.20 to $1.90 a gallon by removing their charge?
Ah, American government! You gotta love the hypocrisy…
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So the headline read “Congress grills oil executives over profits!” What a hoot! Nothing like a fat, greedy politician trying to deep fry a fat, greedy business executive. Honestly, it took me several minutes before I could regain my composure after reading that headline.
Think about it, at $105 a barrel, we’re talking about $2.50 a gallon into the pockets of companies like Exxon. Of course, I’m confident you know that Congress takes $1.11 out of that $2.50 for itself. Add another $0.19 that you and I have to pay at the pumps to the feds and that means Congress is raking in $1.30 on every gallon free and clear.
Oh sure, our paunchy politicians feign outrage as oil companies spend record profits on refineries and alternative energy sources. After all, this is an election year. Yet, no one says a thing about our beloved bureaucrats spending billions to fund teapot museums and on studies on the sex lives of darter snails. If our beloved bureaucrats are truly outraged, if they are that concerned over gas prices, wouldn’t they do the noble thing and allow us to go from $3.20 to $1.90 a gallon by removing their charge?
Ah, American government! You gotta love the hypocrisy…
Popularity: 8% [?]
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