and stagnant (and even declining) refinery capacity. With $300 billion in profits for one company alone, you’d think they could... you know... BUILD a refinery or two... |
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With $300 billion in profits for one company alone, you’d think they could... you know... BUILD a refinery or two... Well when you’re sued at every step by environmental groups when you try or opposed by the NIMBY crowd not to mention the years worth of government hoops (and attendant costs) through which you must jump just to expand existing capacity, much less build new capacity, at some point you just say screw it. |
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Well when you’re sued at every step by environmental groups when you try or opposed by the NIMBY crowd ... at some point you just say screw it. yep. |
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It’s more like $30 billion, but who’s counting?
More to the point, why should they build something that is probably not going to make them money (due to the massive # of regulations on building a refinery delaying and complicating construction). |
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Hey McQ - can you put the map of the US showing the amount of tax per state that is collected on each gallon of gas (the one from the IBD ed page today) up here? For those who have not seen it, it breaks out like this. On average oil companies make about $0.13 cents profit per gallon of gas. On average, Federal and State taxes are OVER $0.40 cents per gallon. Who’s gouging who? How about Congress passes a law that says they won’t tax something at a higher rate than the company makes in profit????? With $300 billion in profits for one company alone, you’d think they could... you know... BUILD a refinery or two... HA! Get a clue man - the oil companies couldn’t even BEGIN to get the building permits for a refinery these days. |
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Once again we see Washington posturing for the voters. During the ‘dad old days’ when the Soviet Union still existed it was said, the Commies were moving toward capitalism, and America was moving toward socialism. It was a snarky joke then and it’s become a sad joke now.
America is moving toward more centralism of power in Washington. Congress uses blackmail to force states to do their bidding. The Democratic Parties has been taken over by the extreme left. The Republicans talk right, lacking the courage of their convictions, acts like the craven cowards they are. "We have met the enemy and it is us" Pogo Normally I would take heart in the Supreme Court. Now given its rulings in campaign financing and government confiscation of private property for non government use. I am pessimistic.
"Democracy can only last until the populace realizes they can vote themselves bread and circuses" We are in the ‘decline’ phase of the American Empire. Capitalism is under attack. The dollar is on the ‘tin foil standard’ heading for ‘the ball of string’. The country is being ’balkanized’ into ethnic communities. Americanism has become passe, if not an obscene word.
The only bright light I can see is, traditional America will last longer than I will,
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James E. Fish
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With $300 billion in profits for one company alone, you’d think they could... you know... BUILD a refinery or two... Try reading the story of the Arizona refinery they’ve been trying to build it since the early 90’s. If everything goes well from now, it might produce product in 2011.
Also it’s kind of hard to talk people into building new refineries when the government is saying they will reduce fuel usage by 20%. |
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Government says it will do a lot of things. Reducing things however, is rarely in their bag of tricks. |
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There is NO SUCH THING AS PRICE GOUGING.
A willing buyer and a willing seller..........commerce.
If I have something and you want it...... Perhaps we can make the deal.
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There are very few actions in the United States that are not covered by criminal statutes. The Supreme Court refuses to give meaning to the void for vagueness doctrine, so it is kind of funny to hear conservatives complain about unjust criminal penalties and vague statutes, when they have created, along with the Democrats’ help, the largest penal population in the history of man. I guess it is just a question of whose ox is being gored. |
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"Government says it will do a lot of things. Reducing things however, is rarely in their bag of tricks."
They do a decent job of reducing after-tax or discretionary income. |
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I’m really impressed! |
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Tariq
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