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jn2375 Donating Member (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:52 PM
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Stampede.........the GOP are heading for the hills
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 08:56 PM by jn2375
Senate panel votes to end Big Oil tax break
Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the oil industry enjoying record profits from high prices for gasoline and other petroleum products, the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to repeal a $1 billion tax break for big oil companies.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:54 PM
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1. really!
I particularly enjoyed that part of the Senate hearings this week when they were asked "Would you mind not getting this tax break?" and they had to say "It's OK with us" because the obscene profits were the topic.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:55 PM
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2. It's like seeing water flow uphill.
Republicans finding that giving tax breaks too much to an industry that is making world record profits is.....wrong? Excuse me while my head explodes.
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 10:21 PM
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12. Like the little green guys in mars attacks.
Start playin' the country western music!
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:56 PM
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3. Just a billion? They stole more than that last week in Iraq. nt
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jn2375 Donating Member (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:57 PM
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4. At least its a start
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:58 PM
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5. HOLY COW!
No kidding?

And this after deciding not to drill in the ANWR last week?


:wtf:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:02 PM
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8. making the tax cut permanent---is a vote next week. Bet they vote for it!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:01 PM
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6. only a billion!!!
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:02 PM
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7. Link
Reuters
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:04 PM
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10. the oil comps already told Congress they did not need the breaks.


.Executives from five major oil companies, Exxon Mobil, BP Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell Oil, told a televised Senate hearing last week that their companies did not need some of the tax breaks Congress provided.
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Blaze Diem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:03 PM
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9. Skeptic that I am with the GOP dominance in DC, I will ask what
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 09:03 PM by Blaze Diem
the Country may have given up for this?

Was this a strategic move to shore up the GOP House & Senate races in 2006?
Pad Bush's freefalling poll numbers?
What's the catch?
A temporary repeal? For how long..a month's worth of oil co.s profit?

I was once a believer..then the neocons and George Bush appeared.

Too many lies, too many dog & pony shows and too much slight of hand.

Do you have a link to details of this vote? Who were the Senators who dared to bravely vote the tax break down?

Hope this is a good sign for our country, but...well you must understand my lack of trust.

Thanks
Blaze
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:05 PM
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11. see post 10.
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