What can Obama or Romney do?

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How exactly do republicans think that Obama or Romney can solve high gas prices? What is it they want them to do? Increase subsidies? Decrease subsidies? Decrease taxes? What are your thoughts?

The only way Obama could have any influence is to nationalize the oil companies.

They have been saying they are looking into price gauging, but I have yet to hear any follow up. Facts are that most of the wealthy elites are invested in oil one way or another.

One person claims the problem is spending, not income

Lets go with that. How did Clinton have a surplus and GWB a deficit?What do you believe the money is being spent on? If we look at the last major increase in the deficit? The answer would be under GWB's watch? War, rising oil prices as a result of the war, the STIMULUS PLAN! Why was there a need of a stimulus plan? Maybe because of all the jobs being outsourced and loss of American jobs leading to a recession?

What else is responsible? Lets talk about income. Outsourcing(blaming Bush and Clinton) has reduced jobs and thus income tax for the Gov. Also Bush's tax cuts for the rich has also reduced income for the government, meant on increasing jobs though only resulted in financing the Big corporations move over seas.

It is clear the problem is a little bit of both, but the MAIN problem is income UNLESS you can come up with some figures showing where the mis-allocation of funds are being misspent.

Maybe all the dictators America finances(with tax payer money) world wide for corporate gain(and not Average Americans)?
 
If we knew the privledged information that Obama is privy to,

plus the counsel of dozens of advisors and experts at our beck and call,

and had knowledge of what tools are at a presidents disposal, we might be able to answer that....
 
taxes are one way, but that's not the biggest way. The major reason gas prices are so high is the inability for startups and entrepreneurs to break in to the drilling and refinery areas of the business. Government regulation and prohibition at it's finest. throw in the speculators and oil shareholder fucktards like 'the dude' and voila, high gas prices for maximum profits. nationalizing oil companies is only switching the owner of the fascist conglomeration and will ultimately do nothing but transfer wealth to the political elites, or create new ones.
 
taxes are one way, but that's not the biggest way. The major reason gas prices are so high is the inability for startups and entrepreneurs to break in to the drilling and refinery areas of the business. Government regulation and prohibition at it's finest. throw in the speculators and oil shareholder fucktards like 'the dude' and voila, high gas prices for maximum profits. nationalizing oil companies is only switching the owner of the fascist conglomeration and will ultimately do nothing but transfer wealth to the political elites, or create new ones.

First I disagree that electing a Socialist(democratic) government would transfer wealth to the elites because the elites would be eliminated in the process.

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I have read MANY articles stating that more drilling has NOT resulted in relief at the gas pumps. Most of the "new oil found" is being used to increase the Chinese market. Canada has agreed to increase output and it is ALL being sent to China. It will not bring down gas prices here in Canada.

Also China has invested HEAVILY in increasing oil output via Venenzuela's vast reserves to ship to China. Why didn't America invest? Hmmmmmmmmmm. Why are the Asians buying out Canadian oil industries? Hmmmmmmmmmm

You've believed the lies.
 
First I disagree that electing a Socialist(democratic) government would transfer wealth to the elites because the elites would be eliminated in the process.
ideologically, socialism is 'supposed' to equalize everyone, reality tells a much different story. Those in power will elevate themselves above the 'commoners' with the usual perks, benefits, bonuses, and what not, so yes, it will indeed transfer wealth to the elites.

2)
I have read MANY articles stating that more drilling has NOT resulted in relief at the gas pumps. Most of the "new oil found" is being used to increase the Chinese market. Canada has agreed to increase output and it is ALL being sent to China. It will not bring down gas prices here in Canada.

Also China has invested HEAVILY in increasing oil output via Venenzuela's vast reserves to ship to China. Why didn't America invest? Hmmmmmmmmmm. Why are the Asians buying out Canadian oil industries? Hmmmmmmmmmm

You've believed the lies.
first, i'm not focusing on just the 'drill baby drill', simply because the current regulated market has limited drilling to a select handful of drillers, which does nothing to promote any competitive market. second, what I did focus on is opening up the drilling AND refinery markets to new up and comers, otherwise we'll still sit in the stagnation of the handful of 'owners', which allows them to keep their prices as high as they feel the market will bear, not lowering them.
Third, not one thing i mentioned has anything to do with the current crop of lies being promoted by the elites, so this is just off the mark.
 
How exactly do republicans think that Obama or Romney can solve high gas prices? What is it they want them to do? Increase subsidies? Decrease subsidies? Decrease taxes? What are your thoughts?

The only way Obama could have any influence is to nationalize the oil companies.

They have been saying they are looking into price gauging, but I have yet to hear any follow up. Facts are that most of the wealthy elites are invested in oil one way or another.

One person claims the problem is spending, not income

Lets go with that. How did Clinton have a surplus and GWB a deficit?What do you believe the money is being spent on? If we look at the last major increase in the deficit? The answer would be under GWB's watch? War, rising oil prices as a result of the war, the STIMULUS PLAN! Why was there a need of a stimulus plan? Maybe because of all the jobs being outsourced and loss of American jobs leading to a recession?

What else is responsible? Lets talk about income. Outsourcing(blaming Bush and Clinton) has reduced jobs and thus income tax for the Gov. Also Bush's tax cuts for the rich has also reduced income for the government, meant on increasing jobs though only resulted in financing the Big corporations move over seas.

It is clear the problem is a little bit of both, but the MAIN problem is income UNLESS you can come up with some figures showing where the mis-allocation of funds are being misspent.

Maybe all the dictators America finances(with tax payer money) world wide for corporate gain(and not Average Americans)?

The problem is the dollar is worth less than in the past, and inflation is a tax. The only person really talking about this is Ron Paul.
 
The problem is the dollar is worth less than in the past, and inflation is a tax. The only person really talking about this is Ron Paul.

Also, as long as there's an EPA, and a Department of Energy you can expect gas prices to go higher. Neither Obama, or Romney (government worshipers) or going to get rid of these cancers.
 
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