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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:07 AM Original message |
Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. give me a break |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Convenient For The Oil Companies That Just Spent Eight Years Under The Cover Of *Co........ |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. So you LIKE |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Look - Right Now With The Gas Prices Down....... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yes. They could STILL enact the windfall profits tax, have it in place for WHEN prices go up again. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. You |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. . |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. . |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. O_O |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You alerted on "snark"? How 3rd grade. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. and you point your finger at it... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. it was enacted to deal with windfall profits, which oil price decreases of 70% have taken care of |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. don't like how you came here and bashed Obama as if there were no extenuating circumstances. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's a bogus message so we'll call you on it. If you post flame-bait |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No flame bait. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No. You back up YOUR assertion YOURSELF. |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Don't have to, especially to anyone using profanities in their posts. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. ROFLMAO!!!! Can't take the heat? Don't make statements you can't back up. |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My previous post about Jones/Chevron refers. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. That's not proof of anything. |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The Pentagon has always had a bit of an interest in protecting domestic US oil |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah, it'd be a tax on nothing |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Just goes to show how rash promises about the economy during |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Why Not Institute A Windfall Profit's Tax As A Preventative Measure ...... |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Walls St would go crazy at the idea. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Electing Obama was the windfall profits tax |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. exactly....that was the first recognizable effect on the economy. The Oil companies stopped gouging. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Um..... you can't have a "windfall tax" when there is no longer a "windfall" |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Like duh. Thank you! Our economy is taking so the speculating is gone |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wrong - I just love Democrats who do everything they can to slam Obama before he is even sworn in. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I can't stand them. At all. Not one bit. There. I said it. |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Agreed. It's as if some wanted McCain to win. Sickening. Let the man become President. nt |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. California-based Small Business League: |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. I want my vote back! This is outrageous! You mean he won't impose a 'windall profits' tax |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Chevron like ExxonMobil and others have made some spectacular |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. Obama Spokesperson Reaffirms Commitment To Rolling Back Oil Company Subsidies |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Considering oil prices are under $50/barrel and consumption is down, there's no need for it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. The profoundly worse economy calls for continuing reevaluation |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm watching CNBC and I see oil at $42.21 a barrel as of this moment. |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. Independent Petroleum Association of America comment |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wall Street Journal today: |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. Oil is flirting with $30/bbl range, which windfall profits shall we tax? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. Are the Oil Companies Making Windfall Profits at $44 a Barrell? |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. A windfall profits tax requires windfall profits |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yep - some people said there were no windfall profits (as normally defined)... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Would you like to buy a clue? |
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