Would you vote for a president that said they would fix gas prices?

1journeyman

1journeyman

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Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2516492
yes- if they were a democrat and i agreed with their other points. i would never vote for a republican though.
When you start paying your own bills and see over a third of your paycheck going to taxes every week you might start to change your mind...
 
skipperdz

skipperdz

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if the gov. stepped in on microsoft, why couldnt they step in on oil/gas? not saying they should but if the gov stepped into one area of the market they could another
 
scsinet

scsinet

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Originally Posted by skipperdz
http:///forum/post/2516889
if the gov. stepped in on microsoft, why couldnt they step in on oil/gas? not saying they should but if the gov stepped into one area of the market they could another
Ummm... the government came down on Microsoft for monopolistic business practices.
The oil companies are not monopolies.
Different situations.
 
mfp1016

mfp1016

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Originally Posted by Suzy
http:///forum/post/2516945
I wonder which party gets a bigger tax write off for "donating" to "charity".
I don't know, which? I thought everyone reported to the same IRS...
Of course, as Journeyman always says, care to provide a link?
 
zman1

zman1

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Originally Posted by mfp1016
http:///forum/post/2516852
Caring? I wonder which party donates more to charity...

Originally Posted by mfp1016
http:///forum/post/2516970
The poor have a party?
No they don't party as much as the not-poor, but I think they have birthday parties.
You tell me what party the poor are in, since they give more as a percentage of their income. I didn't ask the original question, just responded to it..
Poor party AKA The caring and giving party...
 
mfp1016

mfp1016

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I have many relatives well below the poverty line, they vote Republican.
Democrats really like to think that they champion the poor but this is not the case. I have voted Republican my entire life, have been on my own since 15, and have spent many years as "poor."
Again, caring? Yes Democrats care.................about getting elected and themselves. The top ten political donors (since we are going down that road, fwiw I was initially implying charitable) all donate to Democrats, with two exceptions being AT&T at number two and the realtors association which gave approximately 50/50.
You're for the poor, yet gave $225 million dollars to Democrat candidates, money that could have been spent caring for your apparently "poor" bretherin.
 
zman1

zman1

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See you wanted to make it about politics?
I know there are both Repulicans and Democrats in the working poor class party. They give more as a percentage of their income than wealthier people by percentage. What party are wealthy people in that are caring and giving - Both.
 
mfp1016

mfp1016

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Originally Posted by zman1
http:///forum/post/2517052
See you wanted to make it about politics?
I know there are both Repulicans and Democrats in the working poor class party. They give more as a percentage of their income than wealthier people by percentage. What party are wealthy people in that are caring and giving - Both.
Zman, take no offense. It really wasn't directed at you just a reaction to a snide comment by someone else.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/2516043
From an environmental perspective, I can also say I would MUCH rather have an oil well in the neighborhood than a nickel mine (or other metal used in hybrid/electric car batteries). Sometimes we have to be careful what we wish for...nothing made me more depressed than to see the beautiful landscape of West Texas marked with wind turbines. There were oil wells there too, with far lower profile. Everything has its price. You as a consumer have some choice in what you select, but I do encourage you to look into it a bit deeper than the surface or media reports. Part of the goal is to get you aggitated...that is what many news outlets want. And it works.
I'm glad some thinks the same thing I do, oil and gas, CO2 and whatever byproducts are way less destructive than the batteries they are putting in these hybrid cars. Just like an PC bulb has more mercury (to steal something scinet has said) than is allowed to pass through a water treatment plant in a year.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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This percentage argument has some weight in my opinion, because it takes into acount the "markup" or percentage profit that they make.
I had a friend who was ticked off at his lousy raise, he was ticked that he only got a $10,000 dollar raise. I laughed, if I got that raise I'd be jumping for joy. Actual dollar amounts are relative. But if he had said man I only got a 5% raise, that would mean more because he only got a 2% raise after inflation. that would be a lousy raise.
So you can see how percentages can be a better measurement.
As to the original post.
The candidate who says that he or she can "fix" oil prices by market intervention is simply pitching to the uneducated and ignorant voter. The only way it could really be done would be price fixing. Then these importers would simply take their toys and go to the neighbors house. Then we wouldn't have very much gas at all.
 
suzy

suzy

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2516622
When you start paying your own bills and see over a third of your paycheck going to taxes every week you might start to change your mind...
Hey, this comment is snide and condescending. My comment in response to yours, was funny! You would see that if you watched Stewart and Colbert instead of Coulter and Limbaugh!
 
darthtang aw

darthtang aw

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Originally Posted by Suzy
http:///forum/post/2517571
Hey, this comment is snide and condescending. My comment in response to yours, was funny! You would see that if you watched Stewart and Colbert instead of Coulter and Limbaugh!
No it is factual. Nothing condecending about it. This is condescending...getting your news from comedians explains a lot.
 
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