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- justz00t, on 06/10/2008, -0/+74If you think gas prices are high now just wait until Washington finds a solution.
- inactive, on 06/09/2008, -8/+79How about we stop trading on oil futures and let supply and demand set the price? Oh yeah, because the prices would be a ***** ton lower than what they are now seeing as we have NO PROBLEMS with SUPPLY or DEMAND.
I hate our government sometimes....... - Sp00nMan, on 06/10/2008, -7/+55Hello? This is biased.. Bush and the Republicans are doing the right thing in blocking the windfall tax. Look at what happened in the 80's with Carter.. the windfall tax INCREASED gas prices! You tax the oil companies, they raise prices to compensate. Even if you take that windfall tax and "subsidize" the gas prices, guess what, it still goes up to compensate and you are still paying exactly the same amount you are now!
Americans really need to take economics classes.
Here's a good article on why it's a bad idea
http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/04/windfall-p ... - WiseWeasel, on 06/10/2008, -1/+43To be fair, nothing gets done immediately in Congress, except voting for their own pay raises...
- inactive, on 06/09/2008, -8/+49Wanna stop rising prices, abolish the Federal Reserve.
- justinx0r, on 06/10/2008, -5/+41Just to throw a different view on things out there I am copying and pasting a compilation of percentages concerning the way Democrats and Republicans vote on energy issues.
ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed - x252, on 06/10/2008, -6/+38Before you idiots start saying, BIKE AND CARPOOL OMGZ.
It's not a practical option for those of us that live in the suburbs. Unless i wanted to bike 30 miles on I-20 to Atlanta every morning in rush hour traffic, it's not practical nor realistic. - DPolitico, on 06/09/2008, -9/+33Says the President:
"A lot of Americans are concerned about our economy," Bush said. "I can understand why. Gasoline prices are high, energy prices are high. I do remind them that we have put a stimulus package forward that is expected to help boost the economy. And of course, we'll be monitoring the situation."
Oh, good. He's monitoring the situation. That sounds like a rescue plan tailor made to ensure a disaster. I wonder if it's the same plan he used in responding to Katrina. Hmmm...
* A White House Press Release from February 2006, more than five months after Katrina hit, states that the President wasn't on vacation, enjoying himself while thousands languished in ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi after the storm hit, but was "closely monitoring the situation" and therefore did not fail to react appropriately.
If that's the kind of results we get when the President's "closely monitoring a situation" I'd rather he didn't bother at all. - davidhallstrom, on 06/09/2008, -14/+36Interesting article. In my opinion Congress can not do anything about lowering oil gas prices untill they face up to the fact that the only way to correct things, at least for the time being is to allow for more oil drilling in this country.
- inactive, on 06/10/2008, -14/+35Remember what your parents said... "Driving is a privilege, not a right"
It seems like a lot of people are stomping their feet like children over gas prices. What they should do is get a bike or take public transportation. Riding a bike is beneficial for your health and the environment.
Funny sidenote: I was walking by Whole Foods today and I saw an SUV with a bumpersticker describing the "Carbon Offsets" for their vehicle. Poser environmentalists make me LOL. - R0am3r, on 06/10/2008, -4/+22Here is a wild idea: "Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less".
http://www.americansolutions.com/
Of course, we could just sit back and wait for Washington to do something. Oh wait... - kingUssop, on 06/10/2008, -5/+23Solution: bring in everyone who's invested in oil speculating or fixing prices at OPEC, line them up, and let every American kick their balls once.
- Zerikin, on 06/10/2008, -3/+18The Democrats are clueless on this issue. How exactly does taxing the crap outta their "windfall profits" really help?
- kirk89, on 06/10/2008, -1/+16people in this country are constantly looking for someone to bail them out of trouble. When the government doesn't help them, people blame everyone else before they blame themselves. Look for different ways to get from point A to point B it's that simple.
- OliversDigg, on 06/09/2008, -7/+21Biking is one of my hobbies... looks like I better make it a profession.
- bardo77n, on 06/10/2008, -4/+17Good! The government needs to stay the hell out of it! All we need is to have the stupid politicians come up with some hair-brained cap or something to screw with the economy even further and cause a shortage. Personally, I'm glad the oil companies are making record profits. It gives them the incentive to continue to produce the product we want to purchase. It people are really interested in changing the cost of fuel, stop buying it.
If they want to fix the problem, stop regulating the oil industry to death. More importantly, stop mass producing phony currency and diluting the value of the US dollar. - inactive, on 06/10/2008, -4/+17Wait don't you retards realize the "problem" to begin with is because of the government control? I'm not sure what exactly you want the government to do. Oh yeah you want them to tax windfall profits. You sheep have no clue. If you have the brain capacity to add together the federal fuel tax along with your state tax and possible state sales tax you'll realize the government is making more off of fuel then the oil companies. However its the big bad oil companies though right.
- blankman, on 06/10/2008, -1/+14The responses to x252's comment show just how little most diggers actually understand things. They just go off spouting the usual environmentalist script of "ride a bike or take the bus"
the fact that people are saying "move to a different place if you can't" really shows how deluded they really are. First of all people don't just get up and move so they can take the bus. Most people can't afford to. And for most people with families and lives where they live, moving is just not an option. We're not all 18-21 year olds living in apartments alone next to a bus stop that lets you off in front of work. Driving is the only option for many.
Something does need to be done about gas, it's way too expensive, and it's not sustainable at this price. Cars need to get better and gas needs to come down in price while we work on alternative fuel sources. - PhantomZmoove, on 06/10/2008, -1/+13Nope, someone put a gun to my head while I lived in the city, which is why I moved out to the suburbs.
- jbenson2, on 06/10/2008, -10/+22The 60% price increase occurred after the Democrat's gained control of Congress. And the democrats are the ones who are preventing drilling for more oil in the USA.
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/10/2008, -0/+12A better question to ask is if that public transportation system is accessible in his SUBURB..
Contrary to popular belief public transportation doesn't always go everywhere.. - rz8472, on 06/10/2008, -3/+15This might actually not be that bad. We need to ween ourselves off foreign oil anyways... looks like the free market is doing the job for us.
- j0hnk377y, on 06/10/2008, -1/+12Let the price rise. Everyday you hear more about hybrid, solar, wind-up, etc. American's are fat, we need to walk, bike, run. If we are going to depend on outside countries for our oil supply (we continue to vote down drilling and new refineries) it's outside of our control. The price rising will make alternative transportation more attractive. A gallon of gas is still cheaper than a gallon of Red Bull.
- inactive, on 06/10/2008, -4/+14What great points you have as long as you ignore the fact that many Americans commute over 30 miles one way to go to work. To say nothing of the price increases on everything else that hinges upon the price of oil.
- MatthewDuke, on 06/10/2008, -8/+17How DARE you blaspheme the Messiah!?
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/10/2008, -2/+11Ok chompy, you going to make up the almost 200K difference is house prices? That is pretty much the price difference in houses compared to where I live and housing close to work. Try thinking things through before you blurt out such ignorance.
- inactive, on 06/10/2008, -19/+28Love that Liberal congress. Really getting things done.
- Egoist, on 06/10/2008, -1/+9No, it's a privilege. Go to a court and fight for your "right" to drive and see how far that gets you.
- Taktic, on 06/10/2008, -4/+12Oh of course they're not intervening. That's not their job. Their job is to look busy.
- ZenMojo, on 06/10/2008, -10/+18That makes no sense. Part of the Democratic bill was to curtail speculation. You know, controlling the trade in oil futures?
- Veretax, on 06/10/2008, -1/+9the government should stay out of the economy... period.
- LastVisibleDog, on 06/10/2008, -8/+16Correction: Democrats oppose all solutions
What has happened since the Democrats took over congress
* Gasoline prices
When the Democrat took control of congress $2.10
After two years of Democrat control: $4.00 (nearly a 100% increase)
* Unemployment
When the Democrat took control of congress: 4.5%
After two years of Democrat control: 5.5% (Increase of about 23%)
* The Democrats did vote themselves a Congressional pay increase.
All the Downs since the Democrat took control:
* Consumer confidence at multiple year lows.
* Equity value of mutual funds down $2.3 trillion.
* Home equity values down $1.2 trillion
* Congress's approval rating at all time low (lower than Bush's approval rating)
Democrats fight ALL new drilling yet China is using slant drilling on the edge of international waters to tap America's oil that the Democrats won't let us tap.
...and some want the Democrats to control ALL of the federal government?
Stockpile food, buy gold, the Democrats are coming
Coming to a White House near you: Carter II (the Horror Classic of the late-1970's gets a new millennium makeover)
Didn't the Democrats claim they had a plan for lowering gas prices in 2006? Guess that was a colossal failure. - diggmeyers, on 06/09/2008, -4/+12they bicker about the cause of it while the price just continues to get worse.
- SuperVepr308, on 06/10/2008, -0/+8Watch it, Bubba! You goin' makin' all that sense now! They don't like that ***** in their house of digg!
- altgeeky1, on 06/10/2008, -0/+8It has one of the worst. Busses break down or are late all the time. You will lose your job relying on it.
- mustafya, on 06/10/2008, -1/+9And then I pay extra propertly tax because of our inflated city government in Little Rock. On top of that I get to put my kids in private school because the public schools in the Little Rock School District absolutely suck (the "best" one has commercials on tv bragging about their 9th graders having a 40% reading comprehension rate versus almost 80% for the public school where I live now). By the end of the day I'm paying more than if I had stayed in the suburbs and ate the high gas prices. We don't even have to go into issues such as the much higher violent crime rates.
So my personal options:
1) Carpool: I am working on this but having problems because of my work schedule
2) Employer: I am encouraging my employer to setup some employee transit services. They are looking into it. Doubt it will happen though
3) Telecommute: My boss is trying to get me cleared to telecommute two days a week.
Another thing that would help is if I could get a voucher for money spent on private school. I do not want my property tax supporting the hackneyed school district. - mcm0818, on 06/10/2008, -1/+8Many people live in semi-rural areas where it would be impossible to bike to your destination due to distances and public transportation simply isn't available.
- ZephyrNinety, on 06/10/2008, -4/+11DIG IN ALASKA AND MONTANA
- eth3l, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7Yeah, ummmm , they are not supposed to.
- rrife, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7They never claimed to 'ignore the environment"....when your children freeze and starve to death because of high energy prices and inflation, you still feel good knowing that you didn't take any chances on damaging the environment.
- inactive, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7We have a thing called the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which is supposed to look into futures trading, price fixing and the like. They have publicly said that there is nothing they can do and they wont investigate.
Thats what it has to do with the government. We have a bunch of people on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission who are corrupt and need to be brought into line right now or have they themselves investigated to see if they are somehow profiting from this, and that is why they wont investigate. - MatthewDuke, on 06/10/2008, -2/+9Just FYI, advocating personal responsibility doesn't go over too well on Digg.
- Eezyville, on 06/10/2008, -3/+10I commute to work. I need a car to be productive.
- slayerab, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7And vacations, and free pizza for overnighters
- gtluke, on 06/10/2008, -1/+8until obama steps in.
socialism and praised failure for everyone! - CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/10/2008, -3/+10@ NJank: No he isn't right.. I have changed jobs three times in the past three years. All have been in different locations, am I supposed to move my house every time I change jobs? And your point of getting a house you can afford, well did you ever check out how houses are priced? Usually they get more affordable the farther away you get from metropolitan areas, and they get more expensive as you get closer, so I would say people who move to the suburbs are doing exactly what you are suggesting, they are moving to houses they can afford. Which unfortunately means they are moving farther away from work.
- rrife, on 06/10/2008, -2/+9You're close...Republicans voted to use know alternate sources of oil that would decrease the amount of foreign sources of energy (aka sending our money overseas)...Democrats voted to protect the environment because they speculate that doing any of those plans *may* harm the environment, however they failed to look at any current and historical facts. The odds that the environment would be harmed is slim to none and if there would be a problem it would be isolated.
- MalDON, on 06/10/2008, -0/+6Even then, we are using far too much oil. There's really nothing the government can do when the cost of gas is determined by many more factors than just the amount of oil. China is one of the largest problems right now. In addition, gas is not made at the oil plants as many assume, it has to be refined. The crack spread is already very small so the refiners are not producing as much gas as they should be. Combine that with the china earthquake and their never ending need to waste fuel, the cost of oil, trading on futures... etc.
The gov can add all the barrels form reserves as they want, it will do nothing. - raynar, on 06/10/2008, -3/+9@Cracky, he's just using the standard 15 year old 's perspective who is still on the teat.
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