Bush Admin. vows more gas price hikes

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:50:57 -0600, sgt bob > wrote:

>Speaking at a White House dinner honoring oil and gas corporate
>executives, President Bush said "It is my pledge to you that this
>administration will not rest until gas prices reach $5 a gallon for
>consumers".


Cite?

In article >,
says...
> Speaking at a White House dinner honoring oil and gas corporate
> executives, President Bush said "It is my pledge to you that this
> administration will not rest until gas prices reach $5 a gallon for
> consumers".


At the risk of sounding like Mr. Ward...

Cite, please?


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Hm. No cite in sight; "No insight", he sighed.

ABF> Cite, please?

isn't it clear it was a joke?

In article >, says...

>It really wouldn't be that bad a thing to have happen, overall. Well,
>except for the total economic collapse of the US. (not that that isn't
>already happening) However if we're going to go down that road, let's
>make the extra cost via taxes, and use that money to develop alternate
>sources of power rather than to invade other countries...

The problem with this idea is that politicians would never let all the
tax revenue raised this way go to just development of alternate fuels.
They would all try to get a cut of the pie to fund their pet projects.
That is why is is a dumb idea.
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Alex

sgt bob wrote:
> Speaking at a White House dinner honoring oil and gas corporate
> executives, President Bush said "It is my pledge to you that this
> administration will not rest until gas prices reach $5 a gallon for
> consumers".

Do tell...

Sounds like undocumented nonsense unless you can provide a link to a
nationally recognized news source. Like the WSJ or Washington Post.

Bert Hyman wrote:
> In Nate Nagel >
> wrote:
>
> > However if we're going to go down that road, let's
> > make the extra cost via taxes, and use that money to develop alternate
> > sources of power rather than to invade other countries...
>
> So, you ->really want to give the government even more power to meddle in
> the economy? Hoping that there will never be another administration like
> this one, or possibly even worse?
>
> That's pretty silly.
>
> Actually, it's a lot worse than silly.

Well, it looks like the $$ will be going to either the gov'mint or else
Big Oil, I know which one I trust more (but not by much) since at least
Bush will be out of office in a few years.

nate

(N8N) wrote in
ups.com:

> Well, it looks like the $$ will be going to either the gov'mint or
> else Big Oil, I know which one I trust more (but not by much) since
> at least Bush will be out of office in a few years.

Oil companies don't have guns (at least not guns of their own).

Do you expect a Philospher King to assume power after Bush leaves
office and rule with benevolence and wisdom, forever?

Good luck.

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In article . com>, N8N wrote:

> Well, it looks like the $$ will be going to either the gov'mint or else
> Big Oil, I know which one I trust more (but not by much) since at least
> Bush will be out of office in a few years.

Big oil has their paws on members of both parties. The most telling
example can be found by looking into the history of Al Gore's father and
the holdings the Gore family still has.

I'd rather keep my money. If the government wants to raise funds on fuels
it should get fair market value for mineral rights on federal lands
instead of the 19th century system that is more or less still in
existance.

If there was a goal about encouraging fuel economy and it is determined
that is something government should do, then income based taxes should be
removed and consumption taxes on fuel be added.

"Bert Hyman" > wrote in message
...
> (N8N) wrote in
> ups.com:
>
> Do you expect a Philospher King to assume power after Bush leaves
> office and rule with benevolence and wisdom, forever?
>

* Show me a career politician and I'll show you a crook! Party affiliation
makes no difference; it's human nature.
(Myself)
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people. Speaking of the new constitution, he added:
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before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic
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democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy.
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