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rdubwiley

(518 posts)
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 03:32 PM Apr 2012

End Oil Subsidies

It's ridiculous that the incredibly profitable oil companies are subsidies so they can use more money to lobby politicians further. What's worse is that libertarians like Rand Paul aren't sticking to their free market principles. What do you guys think?

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End Oil Subsidies (Original Post) rdubwiley Apr 2012 OP
Thank you for this. What can we do to stop this? Anyone? nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #1
Well? Animadz Apr 2012 #2

Animadz

(17 posts)
2. Well?
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 04:01 PM
Apr 2012

Pass a law that prohibits lobbyists and forbids politicians from taking ANY money from anywhere for one thing (tax funded elections might have saved America from all of this if they'd done it years ago) -if they want to get rich they can get themselves another job. Nothing's more expensive than greed and corruption.

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