archer wrote: Gas prices were nearly $4.00/gallon the summer of 2008, in Canada we paid over $6/american gallon.....they go up, they go down. When Democrats complained about the high price of gas we were told that Bush was not responsible for that.....the president can't fix gas prices......so why do you all think Obama suddenly has a magic wand to fix them if Bush didn't?
Personally I don't think Obama can fix the gasoline prices completely, but he could at least try to help out. Certain things are out of his control, but easing domestic drilling regulations would hurt the speculators.
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archer wrote: I didn't see anything about President Obama saying gas should be $10/gallon in that article. or about what enviro lefties think about it. What is an enviro leftie anyway?
Where did I say Obama had made a statement that gas would be 10 dollars a gallon? I didn't. I was trying to clarify who in the administration DID indicate that they would like to see our gas prices in line with European gas prices, which at the time Chu made the remark, the price was almost 10 dollars a gallon. Chu speaks for the administration.
Don't put words into my mouth, I was simply trying to clear up a point. But the bigger picture does indicate that the Energy Secretary, the Energy Secretary of the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION has been intent on seeing gas prices rise, intent on that fact in 2008 and currently his intention is the same, as indicated in his remarks today.
So... you are correct, Obama never made that remark, I never said he did, but a spokesperson for the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION did indicate the direction THE ADMINISTRATION would like to see gas prices attain.
Don't be dense.
(And don't you like the ultra cute picture of my husky and my cat?)
Obama did say in an interview (with Snuffelupigus I think), that he would prefer that gas prices rose gradually. He knows like most liberals, that the only way to control the way we drive is to make driving unaffordable. Unfortunately, they don't have another alternative other than wishful thinking (electric, solar, unicorns....).
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CritiKalbILL wrote: Obama did say in an interview (with Snuffelupigus I think), that he would prefer that gas prices rose gradually. He knows like most liberals, that the only way to control the way we drive is to make driving unaffordable. Unfortunately, they don't have another alternative other than wishful thinking (electric, solar, unicorns....).
Don't knock unicorns... mine puts out 300 cubic feet of gas a month, which I burn in my still.
Clearly many are concerned about everyone having access to affordable health care. For months on end I have seen statistics about how painful health care is for families living on the margin. I understand the argument.
Why aren't we equally concerned about the economic impact of high energy prices on those same families? The more a family pays for fuel to get to work, heat their home and live their life, the less money that they have to buy food, clothing, health care and the other necessities in life. It all comes out of one pot of money...and the average family doesn't get to print more money when they need it.
Let's first develop affordable alternate forms of energy and transportation and THEN stop using fossil fuels.
lionshead2010 wrote: Clearly many are concerned about everyone having access to affordable health care. For months on end I have seen statistics about how painful health care is for families living on the margin. I understand the argument.
Why aren't we equally concerned about the economic impact of high energy prices on those same families? The more a family pays for fuel to get to work, heat their home and live their life, the less money that they have to buy food, clothing, health care and the other necessities in life. It all comes out of one pot of money...and the average family doesn't get to print more money when they need it.
Let's first develop affordable alternate forms of energy and transportation and THEN stop using fossil fuels.
Great point. And high energy prices hit everyone not only the sick. Not all of us get our gasoline bought by the government like Obama does
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
lionshead2010 wrote: Clearly many are concerned about everyone having access to affordable health care. For months on end I have seen statistics about how painful health care is for families living on the margin. I understand the argument.
Why aren't we equally concerned about the economic impact of high energy prices on those same families? The more a family pays for fuel to get to work, heat their home and live their life, the less money that they have to buy food, clothing, health care and the other necessities in life. It all comes out of one pot of money...and the average family doesn't get to print more money when they need it.
Let's first develop affordable alternate forms of energy and transportation and THEN stop using fossil fuels.
It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy
archer wrote: I didn't see anything about President Obama saying gas should be $10/gallon in that article. or about what enviro lefties think about it. What is an enviro leftie anyway?
Where did I say Obama had made a statement that gas would be 10 dollars a gallon? I didn't. I was trying to clarify who in the administration DID indicate that they would like to see our gas prices in line with European gas prices, which at the time Chu made the remark, the price was almost 10 dollars a gallon. Chu speaks for the administration.
Don't put words into my mouth, I was simply trying to clear up a point. But the bigger picture does indicate that the Energy Secretary, the Energy Secretary of the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION has been intent on seeing gas prices rise, intent on that fact in 2008 and currently his intention is the same, as indicated in his remarks today.
So... you are correct, Obama never made that remark, I never said he did, but a spokesperson for the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION did indicate the direction THE ADMINISTRATION would like to see gas prices attain.
Don't be dense.
(And don't you like the ultra cute picture of my husky and my cat?)
Chu made that remark as a private citizen in September 2008, not as a spokesperson for the Obama administration. and you have already acknowledged that you were not aware of Chu's remarks when you made your allegation.
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