Comments on: Class or Gas, No One Rides For Free

By: Yiddish Steel

Yiddish Steel — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:20:22 +0000

I have been calling Feinstein & Boxxer to get them to start legislation to start making windfall profit taxes manditory for Big Tofu and Big Granola. It’s about time those closet, capitalist, hippie motherf*&&@#$ start oaying their fair share of tax.

Looks like Whole Foods (WFMI) stands to have a “windfall” quarter. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WFMI

By: Preston Taylor Holmes

Preston Taylor Holmes — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:06:27 +0000

I hear ya, Crush. The dim-o-crack politicians have been doing this for years. Their dumbed-down voter base only understands things like instant gratification and class envy. They aren’t capable of grasping the nuance of increasing our own supply while simultaneously conserving and utilizing new sources of energy. It’s too much for their little minds to grasp that you can do all these things at the same time. Plus, increasing our own domestic supply does nothing to cripple our free-market system, which is their ultimate goal.

By: Crush Liberalism

Crush Liberalism — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:03:23 +0000

I never understood this "it won't help prices now" argument for why we shouldn't get more oil. I mean, let's examine the Dems' "proposals" (and I use that word loosely) for dealing with the gas price problem: * Development of alternative energy sources. Will that lower energy prices today? * Increased CAFE standards on automobile mileage. Will that lower energy prices today? * A “windfall profits tax” on oil companies. Will that lower energy prices today? * A Venezuelan-style takeover of the oil companies and/or refineries. Will that lower energy prices today? * Cutting back on our energy usage…”conservation”, if you will. We’ve been doing that for the last 12+ months, and has that lowered our energy prices today? Hey, maybe I should stop putting some of my paycheck into my 401(k) account. After all, foregoing that money now only means I won't have as much money TODAY, right?

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:05:51 +0000

Well, our two parties have their red-meat treats for the base.

Wanna get a liberal to prick his ears up? Say “the richest 1%”. Even if the question is, “would you take $10,000 if someone from the richest 1% gets $15,000″ because he cannot stand the idea of someone doing better. Better the government should take all of it and give him $500 after pork projects and administrative overhead.

By: JMarz

JMarz — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:01:53 +0000

I don’t understand the agrument that we need to stop the oil company from making too much money. I think that we need to stop celebrities from making too much money or doctors or lawyers or even dimwitted Senators from Nevada. What would his home state think if there was a tax on the gaming industry since they make too much money.