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2006-04-25 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Cheaderhead 2006-04-25 17:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Both parties should be punished. They have done nothing but make the problem worse since 1973. Bunch of rat bastards. We have no leadership.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-25 17:07|| 2006-04-25 17:07|| Front Page Top

#2 In my area we have to use one of the Botique Blends and it causes fuel consumption to go up. Last week end I went out of town for a funeral and when I filled up on the real stuff my milage went up close to 20%. And I don't drive like an idiot either.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2006-04-25 17:10|| 2006-04-25 17:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree completely. Nobody has wants to take the lead on this for any longer than it takes to get some headlines.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-04-25 17:14|| 2006-04-25 17:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a thought - how 'bout EXPLORING FOR SOME MORE FRICKIN OIL!!!! How come the GOP doesn't have a bill in Congress today to explore in ANWR, off both coasts and in the Gulf off Florida? Alaskans want exploration. It's not a coincidence that they get a cut of the oil revenue. Offer the same deal to the coastal states. Watch even the blue state politicos salivate at the thought of all that 'free' cash. Bush and the GOP are missing an opportunity. And we're not making good use of our natural resources. But I guess it's better to just send cash to our good 'friends' the Saudis.

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-25 18:49|| 2006-04-25 18:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Wanna see gas prices drop by almost -- if not over -- a dollar? End the botique fuels and suspend (or end!) state and federal taxes.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-04-25 18:51|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-04-25 18:51|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't care about Alaska too much, but Florida ia another question entirely. Much of our economy is based on $7/hr service staffing the tourists. All hell would break loose if oil production jobs destroyed tourism.

Posted by 6 2006-04-25 19:07|| 2006-04-25 19:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Floridians would prefer to see what $100 / barrel oil does to tourism?

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-25 19:12|| 2006-04-25 19:12|| Front Page Top

#8 There should be one national formulation for fuel. It is ridiculous that reqional or even municipal formulations exist. Obviously there is little or no ability to generate volume savings with the boutique approach.

There is no way that the states are going to give up on the per-gallon tax. I do like the idea of the states getting additional revenue from new drilling in their state. I'm surprised that the greedy bastards haven't figured that out yet.

Posted by remoteman 2006-04-25 19:14|| 2006-04-25 19:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Obviously there is little or no ability to generate volume savings with the boutique approach.

Of course, that was the purpose.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-04-25 19:17|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-04-25 19:17|| Front Page Top

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