Oil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills
on May 24th, 2010 at 10:01 pmOil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills.
Lawmakers want to increase the current 8-cent-a-barrel tax on oil to make sure there is enough money available to respond to oil spills. At least 6 million gallons of crude have spewed into the Gulf of Mexico since a drilling rig exploded April 20 off the Louisiana coast.
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have said they expect BP to foot the bill for the cleanup.
OK so which is it? Is BP going to pay for it or is the tax going to be used to pay for the cleanup? The fact is, the tax increase has nothing to do with the oil spill other than it gives the Obamanation another excuse to raise taxes.
If there’s an oil spill, make those who caused it pay to clean it up. If they were negligent in causing it, fine them on top of it. End of story. NO NEW TAXES.
Do you really think that the government is going to let that money just sit there unused? Of course not. They need it for more vote buying schemes like the healthcare scam. Just look at how broke social security is. Why? Because Congress just couldn’t stand to see all that money sitting there waiting for those who paid it in to claim it when they (Congress) could spend it to buy votes.