I suppose I should preface this by letting you know that I am not a member of either major political party. And just to avoid any confusion, I'm not what you would call a 'moderate' either. Nor am I a politically apathic individual - quite the contrary!
My views have just never lined up 100% with either party's platforms (or even 80% for that matter). If I simply must be labeled, I suppose 'Libertarian' comes closest. I just don't think that the federal government has any constitutional business being involved in the vast majority of things in our lives that they get into.
But politics being what they are and politicians being who they are, I am aware that little is likely to change in my lifetime. Politicians are prone to making promises they have no intention of keeping and/or have no ability to keep. One such 'promise' was made prior to the last election cycle when the Democrats managed to wrestle the majority away from the Republicans.
That 'promise' was to do something about the escalating prices we all pay at the pump - yep, in order to get votes the Democrats blamed rising gas prices on the Republicans and promised to 'do something about it'.
"In a press release dated April 24, 2006, Pelosi said, "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." The letter cited policies put in place during the GOP control of Congress that the Speaker claimed had raised prices on American consumers to benefit oil companies." (see link below for full article)
(Now anyone with an inkling of understanding about the free market system knew full well that there is little that congress can do about gas prices other than to allow drilling to take place on our own soil and off our own shores - something that neither party was/is willing to allow for some unknown reason, other than the fact that it has something to do with where they get their almighty dollars from to continue seeking power... but I digress.)
So now, after a couple of years in office we have witnessed NOT a reduction in gas prices but an even higher rate of escalation than before! Is it any surprise that the GOP House leaders are now challenging the Democrats to put up? Since taking 'control' of congress, the Democrats have done nothing to curb the price increases (not they can but that is another issue) and in fact we have seen gas prices increase more than 30%. At $3.51 per gallon, the average price is $1.18 more than when Pelosi and company took over and the Republicans are asking when the Dems are going to do something about it.
It seems like a valid question to me!
See full article: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-gop-challenges-pelosi-for-gas-price-plan-2008-04-22.html
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