Tuesday, April 25, 2006

No real Plan to address Gas Prices, just more BS

President Bush's recent actions are part of a four-part plan to address gas prices in the short- and long-term.
*Making sure consumers and taxpayers are treated fairly.
*Promoting greater fuel efficiency.
*Boosting gasoline supply at home.
*Aggressive long-term investment in alternative fuels.

You should notice 4 things about this plan.
*There is no real plan to address gas prices.
Increasing supplies of gasoline made from *$75/barrel crude oil is not going to reduce the price of gasoline
*You are termed a “taxpayer”, not a human being, a person, or the American Public. It’s all about not being about the common man in this administration.
*THERE IS NO PLAN!

I have a plan. Wanna hear it? Too F-ing bad. My plan is for someone to come up with a tax on Oil company profits. In the last ¼ of 2005, Exxon Mobile made a $10.3 billion profit. Not too shabby. Tax that at the same 32% some people are stuck with and spend it on infrastructure renewal.
Let’s say, I could build a mass transit system for the 100 largest cities in America that don’t already have them for $6.5 billion (see Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). Exxon Mobile would still have nearly a $4 billion profit and the Nation might see other benefits as well.
If only 1000 people ride the express train in each of those cities each day, that’s 100,000 less cars on the road each day.
*Less Polution
*Less Gasoline Used and Needed
*More Jobs created
*Less Traffic

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