This is not what we had in mind when we voted Democratic:
Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi terrified the oil industry late last year when she outlined her priorities for the new Democratic majorities in Congress. Within the first 100 hours, she promised, they would "roll back the multibillion-dollar subsidies for Big Oil."Just one more sign that the Democratic whores are in bed with the same corporate clients as the GOP whores. I swear, if they nominate Hillary, I'm voting Green in '08.
Last week, however, when Pelosi (D-San Francisco) won House approval of the much-touted bill socking it to the oil companies, it turned out to be considerably less drastic than many in the industry originally feared. Out of an estimated $32 billion in subsidies and tax breaks that the oil companies are scheduled to receive over the next five years, the final House bill cut $5.5 billion.
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ReplyDeleteyeah; for all the right wing fear, I've never expected Pelosi to be as progressive as she was made out to be. but i'm afraid the democrats have mistaken right wing fear for mainstream fear and pulled back a little from what they set out to do -- which was still yards short of what I, for one, would like them to do. why settle for a one-time minimum wage increase, rather than tying it to inflation or cost of living? why cut tax breaks and incentives to oil companies without, say, charging them for the oil they remove from public lands?
and why not impeach the lying, aggressive addict on office?