I don't know; is it ethical to jump on the math-ignorance band wagon? I suppose if you can see it's a juggernaut that isn't going to stop any time soon. MyWay:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans advocate sending $100 rebate checks to millions of taxpayers, and a Democrat is leading the campaign for a 60-day gasoline tax holiday.
Either way, it seems no one in Congress wants to be without a plan, however symbolic, to attack the election-year spike in gasoline prices.
A vote is possible as early as this week on the Senate GOP approach, which calls for $100 rebate checks for taxpayers to cushion the impact of higher gasoline prices. The measure seems unlikely to prevail, at least initially, since it includes a highly controversial proposal to open a portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
So maybe some good can come of this if it becomes the catalyst that finally gets a few oil wells into that desolate ANWR wasteland. I know. We'll just have to deal with the unimaginable destruction that will result. (like we did in Texas and Oklahoma)
Democrats seemed caught off guard by the GOP maneuvering, but a spokesman said they would have a plan of their own.
OK, well that's good. I like off guard. But this?:
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the committee's chairman, said senators were concerned about the "record profits and significant executive compensation in the oil and gas industry." ........
...... With gasoline prices soaring and oil companies announcing record profits, "it's relevant to know what the real financial picture is for this industry," added Montana Sen. Max Baucus, the panel's ranking Democrat.....
But they already know what they'll find. Come on. These are publicly traded companies. The information is in the annual report. Taxes too. Sheesh.
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