Windfall Tax on Retirement Income

[iguana1]

Robja,

Don't get me wrong here - I feel the oil price pain every time I push those throttles down too. However, I don't think anything we do now ala offshore/Anwar is going to help much. The way I see it, the big issue is the weak dollar and the fact that we have lost our global influence. You think the Saudis are going to work with us when they risk a coup for being our friends? We push to hard now, lets see what happens if OPEC cuts production. All the oil producers are quickly diversifying their currency reserves away from dollars meaning we have less and less leverage. Face it, we are screwed.

IMO - our issue is that we spent the past 6 years 'fighting' a contrived war on terror while squandering our global leadership position and leverage, gutting our economy and currency, running up huge debts to the rising eastern world. Part of the price rise is simply the collaspe of our dollar (maybe 1/3 to 1/2) while the rest is demand and speculation driven. And the Dems are more than happy to stand by as that is the optimal political strategy. So in short, I blame Bush for creating the problem and the Dems only for not trying very hard to fix it while capitalizing politically.

Believe me, I will not go to bat to defend Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. These two wouldn't make it to the second day of economics 101, and make me sick with their pandering (hence the ability to pass of fake emails like the thread starter). And while I was never a huge Clinton fan and found him a little too much of a pol for my taste, I am missing his leadership more every day....

[bigeasy]

for not checking the story on Snopes.com. In the current climate it sounds true.

Nancy Pelosi et al are pushing for higher taxes and are against drilling, nuclear, etc.

We are in a tailspin headed down.

I see the country coming out looking good when millions of people start developing new oil fields, coal gasification, shale oil, alternative energies including nuclear, here in our own country.

As energy prices surge higher, more businesses will bankrupt, more unemployment, more foreclosures.

There are not many of you immune to high energy costs.

[Cardinal Joe]

It is fake

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pelosi.asp

Joe, your credibility is kind of low w/ me. Some of your jokes are good but whenever you venture beyond humor it gets a little lame. It is apparent that some people enjoy these posts true or otherwise, but my OPINION is that most of us would rather stick to reading stuff that is true (and relevant).

Just my 2 cents. Flame away.

Yes - i should have check it out first - before starting this thread ! So Forgive me for Screwing -up , But I still don't like that ***** , and thats Just my 2 cents ! Cardinal Joe