Central Library
Connection Between Big Oil and Republicans?
RECEIVED Fri., Oct. 27, 2006
Dear Sirs,
Is there anyone out there who believes (besides me) that there is any connection between the lower price of oil and the petroleum industry's wanting to keep the Republican Party in power? After all, it was the Republican-controlled Congress that gave them billions of dollars in tax breaks. They would not support a windfall profit tax on them no matter how much money they made off of us. (And after the election, I’ll bet the price of oil will soar.)
I say it's time to tax the hell out of them. Then put the money back into electric cars, hydrogen, alternative fuels, and solar and wind power. Of course the oil companies that control this country from the White House to the Congress will never let this happen. Not only is America addicted to oil, but President Bush is its biggest pusher. Why do you think Bush denies global warming? Ask his friends at Exxon.
Is there anyone out there who believes (besides me) that there is any connection between the lower price of oil and the petroleum industry's wanting to keep the Republican Party in power? After all, it was the Republican-controlled Congress that gave them billions of dollars in tax breaks. They would not support a windfall profit tax on them no matter how much money they made off of us. (And after the election, I’ll bet the price of oil will soar.)
I say it's time to tax the hell out of them. Then put the money back into electric cars, hydrogen, alternative fuels, and solar and wind power. Of course the oil companies that control this country from the White House to the Congress will never let this happen. Not only is America addicted to oil, but President Bush is its biggest pusher. Why do you think Bush denies global warming? Ask his friends at Exxon.
Julian Ward
