RobertMac said:
Consumers pay ALL TAXES!!!!! The only solution is to increase supply of crude and build more refinery capacity while we continue to develop alternative energy sources...like nuclear power! What we have now is the results of 25 years of Sierra Club energy policy from Congress...they should all be fired!!!
Yep- but since the Oil Companies are not going to take the responsibilty for doing anything to ease the profiteering they have going- or the energy problem/costs - we should remove the $15-18 Billion they are presently getting in tax subsidies and award it to those companies that will utilize it for energy research and development- be it new refineries, new cleaner coal electricity and gasification plants, nuclear, ethanol, biofuels, etc. etc....
Oil companies shouldn't be rewarded for record profits- at a cost to the American people....