You like higher gas prices?

Question

Guess who wants them even higher you got it the democrats.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070805/D8QQNQM00.html

So all those who think the democrats care about you and what you pay at the pump. Think again

If you think oil companies are going to suck up that cost and not pass that unto us you are mistaken.
I know they make claims what they will do with the tax money but will they deliever?

Answer 1

INDEED!
The Democrats want to raise EVERYTHING so that the lower class people have to be DEPENDENT on their socialist programs to survive!

Answer 2

I'd rather have stability. If the gas prices would stop going up and down so radically, I could actually budget. I wouldn't mind high gas prices if 1. I knew where the money was going, 2. they were based on supply, 3. they stayed high. If they just would stop fluctuating based upon the news coming out of the Middle East then I would be a lot happier.

I don't know which party is better to deal with it. I don't think either actually can, but could we please stop the Price Gouging by corporation and speculators then dropping the price just to keep us apeased before raising it again. In other words, here's my proposal: Price ceilings and price floors for gasoline. Set it to the federal minimum wage and then they won't go up and down so radically.

Answer 3

Ah, beware. What happened in Minneapolis??? That's right!
London Bridge isn't falling down, it fell down! It's all but a matter of time before someone realizes it';s going to take many, many dollars to do some needed work on our bridges and tunnels.
How do you expect to pay for that?
If you said "higher prices on diesel fuel and gasoline" you're excused from doing any homework for the rest of the term.

Answer 4

Higher gas prices suck, but depending on foreign countries that don't like us Americans a whole lot for oil sucks even more.

I'm not a tree hugging hippie by any means, but this is a national security issue. Being influenced by the Saudis and Venezuela pisses me off even more.

Answer 5

Unfortunately for your argument, the article you cite points out that congress will begin taxing excess profits from big oil and using the funds to spur development of alternative energy sources.

I know that as a true republican you feel duty bound to remain tied to middle east oil because Rush and others have taught you that being a stooge of the Saudis somehow magically justifies Bush's war.

Answer 6

If the article was meant to villainize Democrats, it had the opposite effect to me. It seems like they're actually investing in the future, and trying to get the US off its oil dependence.

Is that a bad thing?

Answer 7

It has long been known that
Americans are the world's worst procastinators. They put off what they possibly can until it develops into a crisis. That's the bad news.
The good news is that Americans are also the world's best crisis managers. Americans tend not to panic, tend to become their best selves during crisis, tend to perform to their highest.
We will not solve this energy problem until we have to. I mean have to! (crisis).
And then we will. (financial inventiveness, technological inventions, global.markets)

Answer 8

I'm all for it to produce renewable energy and get off oil all together. I'd fork over a month's wages just to stick it to the middle east and kiss their blood oil goodbye.

Weird how neo-cons love to spend like drunk sailors on lie-based invasions, yet cry foul when suggested to spend on something that would get the Middle East out of our lives forever. Long term goals are far better than short term battles.

Answer 9

You can worry about gas prices, and meanwhile I'll be content with my plug-in electric car. Sure is nice not having to buy gasoline or change my oil or service it at all, not to mention not polluting the air I breathe.

And you better believe I'll buy one of the compressed air cars (once it is available).

Keep complaining about your finite fuel source, I'll move to the future with everyone else.

Answer 10

You skipped the part where they invested billions in alternative fuels....your right...the ignoring the problem and hoping it will go away tactic has been working well. At some point, people have to decide whether they are going to support the situation as is or make tough choices to insure that our children do not inherit a disaster.