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**Jeffery** · 01-23-2007, 02:52 AM

It seems CF LIKED $3.00 gas.

I'd rather pay for my gas at the pump then through my income taxes. Particularly when it lends to balancing the budget. But I guess we just get a free lunch if we subsidize the oil companies in defiance of all economic reason.

All this noise about the tax on the oil industry is just that: noise.

This isn't a tax... Its removing their subsidies, which they have proven that they don't need. The only tax they're facing is the regular corporate income tax.

Progress?

So you think Congress passing a bill (that wont make it out of committe in the Senate) penalizing a specific industry for managing to make a profit is progress?

Why should you reward a company which is making a profit? The profit should be more then enough in the first place.

01-23-2007, 02:52 AM	#10
Jeffery Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	It seems CF LIKED $3.00 gas. I'd rather pay for my gas at the pump then through my income taxes. Particularly when it lends to balancing the budget. But I guess we just get a free lunch if we subsidize the oil companies in defiance of all economic reason. All this noise about the tax on the oil industry is just that: noise. This isn't a tax... Its removing their subsidies, which they have proven that they don't need. The only tax they're facing is the regular corporate income tax. Progress? So you think Congress passing a bill (that wont make it out of committe in the Senate) penalizing a specific industry for managing to make a profit is progress? Why should you reward a company which is making a profit? The profit should be more then enough in the first place.
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