DEAR READERS:
AFTER THE PANDERING AND DEMONIZING BY BOTH PARTIES CONCERNING THE HIGH COST OF ENERGY, HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
1) WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE OIL COMPANIES ARE PRACTICING PREDETORY
CAPITALISM, INSTEAD OF RESPOSIBLE CAPITALISM. THIS IS EXTREEMLY
OBNOXIOUS SEEING THAT WE ARE A COUNTRY AT WAR. HOWEVER, BEING THAT
THESE ARE FOR PROFIT ENTITIES, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE (NOT EXCUSABLE!) AS
A TIGER IS A TIGER AND A SNAKE IS A SNAKE, AND THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY
WILL DO. IN SPITE OF THE HIGH TOTAL MOUNT OF PROFIT (SHOWN IN THOSE
TERMS TO INFLAME THE POPULACE) THE PER GALLON PROFIT AVERAGES
TO ABOUT SEVENTEEN CENTS A GALLON (REMEMBER THIS FIGURE FOR LATE ON).
2) THE FEDERAL TAX ON A GALLON OF GAS IS EIGHTEEN CENTS.
3) THE NEW YORK STATE (HOME OF THE GREAT PANDERERS, SENATORS
SCHUMER AND CLINTON) TAX ON GAS IS SIXTY-TWO CENTS. THE HIGHEST
IN THE NATION. NEW YORK DOES NOT TAX BY THE GALLON LIKE THE
OTHER FORTY-NINE STATES, WE TAX BY THE DOLLAR. THIS INCLUDES LOCAL
COUNTY AND CITY TAXES. THE COST OF MAKING THE BOUTIQUE GAS
REQUIRED TO SELL IN N.Y.S. ADDS ANOTHER DOLLAR TO THE GALLON PRICE.
N.Y.S TAKES IN MORE MONEY ON GAS TAXES THAN BIG OIL (ANY INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, INCLUDING EXXON/MOBIL) MAKES IN PROFITS.
4) OUR REPRESENTATIVES (AND THOSE WISHING TO BECOME OUR
REPRESENTATIVES) WISH TO CLOSE INDIAN POINT AND CONVERT IT TO
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. THESE SAME PEOPLE CHEERED WHEN A RECENT
RULING BY THE N.Y.S APPEALS COURT STOPPED THE PROPOSED NATURAL
GAS PIPELINE. THESE SAME PEOPLE DO AND HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
IN THEIR POWER TO STOP THE BUILDING OF ELECTRIC GENERATORS WHICH
WE HAVE NEEDED SINCE THE LAST POWER OUTAGE, AND EVERY ATTEMPT
TO PUT UP CELL TOWERS. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE (AFTER READING HOW
MUCH THE HIGH COST OF ENERGY BRINGS TO THE STATE TREASURY), THEY
WILL ALLOW ANY BUILDING OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AT INDIAN POINT?
IF YOU DO, LOOK UNDER YOUR PILLOW NEXT TIME YOU LOSE A TOOTH FOR
MONEY.
5) THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AND THEIR HIGH POWERED HACKS WHO WISH
YOU TO DOWNSIZE YOUR CAR, DRIVE ARROUND IN HUGE SUV'S, LIMOS AND
FLY CHARTER. THEY ONLY WANT YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE STYLE, THE
RULING CLASS FEELS THEY DON'T HAVE TO. THEY DON'T PAY FOR FUEL, WE
PAY IT FOR THEM WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. THEY WOULD HAVE MORE
CREDIBILITY IF THEY PRACTICED WHAT THEY PREACHED. BY THE WAY, DID
YOU NOTICE WHAT KIND OF CARS THOSE POLITICALLY CORRECT BIG MOUTH CELEBRITIES ARE DRIVEN ARROUND IN ALSO, NO HYBRIDS THERE.
6) THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY (IF IT WOULD BE ALLOWED), THE NEED FOR
SMART CONSERVATION, THE PRACTICE OF RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM, THE NEED
FOR MORE REFINERIES AND PIELINE TO DELIVER THE FINISHED PRODUCT,
THE RELAXING OF SOME GOVT. REGULATION IN THE MAKING OF BOUTIQUE
GAS (WE HAVE FIFTY STATES AND FORTY DIFFERENT BLENDS), AND THE NEED
FOR MORE EXPLORATION WITHIN THIS COUNTRY (ALASKA AND OFF-SHORE) ARE
NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. NONE OF THE ABOVE OPPERATE IN A VACUME. THEY
MUST ALL BE INVOLED IN A RESONSIBLE ENERGY POLICY TO EASE
ESCALATING ENERGY PRICES, AND AVOID ECONOMIC SUICIDE THE
NO-GROWTH SPECIAL INTEREST WISH TO ENACT.
7) REPEAT AFTER ME: CORPORATIONS DO NOT PAY TAXES, CORPORATIONS DO
NOT PAY TAXES, WE THE CONSUMER PAYS THOSE TAXES IN THE COST OF THE
GOODS AND SERVICES WE PURCHASE. REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE
PANDERING POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT WINDFALL PROFIT TAXES AND THE
REMOVAL OF TAX BREAKS GIVEN TO THOSE CORPORATIONS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL RECIEVE MORE MONEY, THE CORPORATIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE HIGH PROFITS. THE COSTS OF THOSE
INCREASED TAXES WILL BE PASSED ON TO US, KEEPING THE COST OF ENERGY
AT INFLATED RATES. WHAT WILL NOT HAPPEN IS ONE EXTRA GALLON OF GAS,
OR BARREL OF OIL WILL BE PRODUCED.
8) MEXICO HAS ANNOUNCED A BIG OIL FIND OFF THIER COAST IN THE GULF AND WILL SOON BE DRILLING THERE. CUBA HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE DRILLING
FORTY-FIVE MILES OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS FOR OIL. HOWEVER OUR
REPRENTATIVES CONTINUE TO REFUSE US ANY RELIEF FROM BEING HOSTAGE
TO PURCHASING OIL FORM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
9) AS THIS ELECTION YEAR WE WILL BE VOTING FOR ALL THOSE IN GOVERNMENT
WHO ARE AND HAVE BEEN EXPLOTING, TAXING, REGULATING AND OBSTUCTING
US INTO THIS SENARIO WE NOW FACE, IT IS UP TO US TO FORCE THEM INTO
A TRUE AND MEANINGFUL ENERGY POLICY DEVIOD OF DEMONIZING AND
PANDERING. THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER ENACT CHANGE.
BY SMARTER DRIVING HABITS WE CAN PURCHASE LESS GAS, THEREBYE DRIVING
PRICES DOWN. BY TELLING THOSE WHO REPRESENT OR WISH TO REPRESENT
US, THAT THEY WILL NOT CONTINUE TO DO SO AS LONG AS THEY ACT AS OF
THEY ARE NOT MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROBLEM. THINK ABOUT THIS
NEXT TIME YOU FILL UP YOUR TANK. THINK ABOUT WHO IS TRULY EXPLOITING
US.
NOTES OF INTEREST: IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE ACCESSING THE COOMENTS SECTION YOU CAN REPLY TO MY E-MAIL: atomtaxi@aol.com AND I WILL POST IT FOR YOU.
THE LETTER TO THE JOURNAL NEWS REPLING TO MY LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY MY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER. IT WAS NICE TO KNOW THAT THIRTY-TWO YEARS LATER I COULD STILL GET A RISE OUT OF HIM.
BAZZO 04/27/06
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