Democrats Cause High Gas Prices
Published by Luckbox on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 4:23 PM.
That's gotta be a fact, right? After all, for the last 6 years, the Democrats have blamed President Bush and the Republican Congress for the high gas prices. Since January, the Democrats have been in charge. And in 2006, Democrats from Nancy Pelosi to Hillary Clinton promised relief at the pumps if they were put in charge. Here's what Nancy told us:
Well, they passed a bill to "crack down" on price gouging that most reasonable people agree has absolutely no chance of being enforced because it's as vague as it can possibly be, not to mention there has been absolutely no credible evidence of widespread price gouging presented by anyone. Of course, they also rolled back those taxpayer subsidies which has taken money out of the pockets of oil companies forcing them to charge us more to make up for their loss. They promise this money will be used to increase the production of alternative fuels, but even if it did, the vehicles we drive aren't built to handle alternative fuels, so it's yet another symbolic (read: empty) solution.
What's the bottom line? In the six years since President Bush took office in January 2001 until Democrats took control in January 2007, the average price climbed from $1.47 to $2.20. That's 73 cents a gallon in 6 years. In fact, the average price of gas had been flat at about $2.20 a gallon for 5 monts prior to the Democrats taking control of Congress. Since then, the average price has skyrocked to record levels, now sitting at $3.23 a gallon. In just 5 months of Democratic control of Congress, the price has jumped more than a dollar.
President Bush and a Republican Congress: 6 years, $0.73 a gallon
Hillary, Nancy and a Democratic Congress: 5 months, $1.03 a gallon
Of course, I'd never really blame Democrats. That's just stupid. It's no more their fault than it was Bush's or the Republicans. It's our fault. We love gas like Bill O'Reilly likes the sound of his own voice. Until we stop using as much as we are, the price will continue to skyrocket. Until we, as consumers, demand more choices or more fuel-efficiency from our automakers, the price will continue to skyrocket.
Then again, the obviousness of who's to blame for high gas prices didn't stop Democrats from using it as a campaign talking point. They've never been shy about lying to get your vote.
Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.
Well, they passed a bill to "crack down" on price gouging that most reasonable people agree has absolutely no chance of being enforced because it's as vague as it can possibly be, not to mention there has been absolutely no credible evidence of widespread price gouging presented by anyone. Of course, they also rolled back those taxpayer subsidies which has taken money out of the pockets of oil companies forcing them to charge us more to make up for their loss. They promise this money will be used to increase the production of alternative fuels, but even if it did, the vehicles we drive aren't built to handle alternative fuels, so it's yet another symbolic (read: empty) solution.
What's the bottom line? In the six years since President Bush took office in January 2001 until Democrats took control in January 2007, the average price climbed from $1.47 to $2.20. That's 73 cents a gallon in 6 years. In fact, the average price of gas had been flat at about $2.20 a gallon for 5 monts prior to the Democrats taking control of Congress. Since then, the average price has skyrocked to record levels, now sitting at $3.23 a gallon. In just 5 months of Democratic control of Congress, the price has jumped more than a dollar.
President Bush and a Republican Congress: 6 years, $0.73 a gallon
Hillary, Nancy and a Democratic Congress: 5 months, $1.03 a gallon
Of course, I'd never really blame Democrats. That's just stupid. It's no more their fault than it was Bush's or the Republicans. It's our fault. We love gas like Bill O'Reilly likes the sound of his own voice. Until we stop using as much as we are, the price will continue to skyrocket. Until we, as consumers, demand more choices or more fuel-efficiency from our automakers, the price will continue to skyrocket.
Then again, the obviousness of who's to blame for high gas prices didn't stop Democrats from using it as a campaign talking point. They've never been shy about lying to get your vote.
