This is how H.R.6001 would effect us all in both the near and the far term. The house is set to visit this sometime in 2009 and it is a good bill.
About This Legislation:
To rebalance the United States energy portfolio, to increase and utilize the Nation's domestic energy resources and supply, to strengthen energy security and independence, and for other purposes.
Provisions of the bill include:
· Opening the Outer Continental Shelf to responsible energy production, and bringing more oil and natural gas to the American people.
This is all about supply and if we are going to not import oil, propping up less than good governments. We need our own domestic supply.
· Allowing energy development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which may hold up to 21 billion barrels of oil.
Again this is a supply thing, which we sorely need.
· Allowing new refineries to be built within the United States for the first time in 30 years.
More refineries mean more jobs. Not just to run the refinery but to build them as well supplying the materials needed to build them.
· Supporting the development of Coal-to-Liquids plants.
Also, a good way to supply high-end jobs and making the most out of a resource at the same time.
· Supporting building more nuclear plants, increasing the manufacturing and education base of the industry, and bringing more inexpensive, clean nuclear power onto the electricity grid while reprocessing used fuel for further use.
More jobs, more energy and a good way to return to a viable national economy.
· Providing a three-year production tax credit extension for wind and other renewable energy generation, including solar, efficiency improvements, plug-in hybrid vehicles and befouls.
This makes the purchase affordable to the common person who is really going to pay for all of the above via purchase.
. Investing in Research and Development for the energy needs of tomorrow, including cellulosic ethanol research and further Coal-to-Liquids development.
I think that this iss an excellent long-term idea, which will add jobs for future generations of Americans.
All in all this is a good bill because if creates more jobs that are long term, high wage, and sustainable. Making oil and electric purchase within reach of everyone. Not just a privileged few, not to mention the reemployment of thousands of people.
Your congressman needs to know that they should pass this bill, today!
Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security ActBill # H.R.6001
Original Sponsor:Steve Buyer (R-IN 4th)
Cosponsor Total: 21(last sponsor added 06/11/2008)
21 Republicans
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Ending Democracy One State At A Time
In August of 2007 the city council, of Portland Oregon, created a law that demanded the retailers of gasoline cut their product with ethanol and diesel be cut with vegetable oil. Saving the environment was their stated goal.
While this looks good on paper, and it plays well in the press, there are consequences that a lot of us saw coming. Now that the State of Oregon has, as of January of 2008, demanded the same thing here is what we know.
More of the environmental friendly is needed to more the same amount of people and goods the same distance. It costs a dollar a ton to move freight a mile, if using a truck burning regular diesel. It costs a dollar and fifty cents to move the same tom a mile if using bio-diesel. The cost of moving people the same distance, say ten miles one way to work, has the same curve. Increased costs of moving people and freight mean less money spent on other things, and then fed into the fuel tank. People have downsized their movements, saving fuel, which also means less money for road repair.
Democracy, in Oregon, is dead. In order for a republic, using representative democracy, to function correctly clear choices need to be available. Forcing fuel retailers to carry only one type of fuel is the opposite of democracy, it is dictatorship. If Oregon were governed under representative democracy rules then the buying public would be able to choose straight fuel or eco-fuel, like thy can in Michigan or Brazil.
So come to Oregon where the current governor is proud of his eco-dictatorship. A eco-dictatorship that has the highest unemployment rate of the fifty states, much higher than the national average. I bet you can’t wait until the eco-dictatorship comes to the state you live in, raising taxes and destroying your freedom to make informed choices.
While this looks good on paper, and it plays well in the press, there are consequences that a lot of us saw coming. Now that the State of Oregon has, as of January of 2008, demanded the same thing here is what we know.
More of the environmental friendly is needed to more the same amount of people and goods the same distance. It costs a dollar a ton to move freight a mile, if using a truck burning regular diesel. It costs a dollar and fifty cents to move the same tom a mile if using bio-diesel. The cost of moving people the same distance, say ten miles one way to work, has the same curve. Increased costs of moving people and freight mean less money spent on other things, and then fed into the fuel tank. People have downsized their movements, saving fuel, which also means less money for road repair.
Democracy, in Oregon, is dead. In order for a republic, using representative democracy, to function correctly clear choices need to be available. Forcing fuel retailers to carry only one type of fuel is the opposite of democracy, it is dictatorship. If Oregon were governed under representative democracy rules then the buying public would be able to choose straight fuel or eco-fuel, like thy can in Michigan or Brazil.
So come to Oregon where the current governor is proud of his eco-dictatorship. A eco-dictatorship that has the highest unemployment rate of the fifty states, much higher than the national average. I bet you can’t wait until the eco-dictatorship comes to the state you live in, raising taxes and destroying your freedom to make informed choices.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Can You Say “Stick It To The Common Man”?
Consider Senate bill S.2991; currently it is on the list of things the Senate wants to discuss. From the standpoint of being able to afford food, going to the doctor, and getting to work this a a bad bill. While it is upfront in what it is all about, it will increase the cost of living nation wide. Nothing in this bill will assist common folks in their lives. What it does do is force a shift in money from those who are not making ends meet, to large corporations who don’t need it.
The provisions are in the bill are:
(1) Deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof.
This would include all producers of vehicle fuel, as there are no minor energy producers, the minor producers all went out of business in the mid eighties. So no oil company would be given a break for using domestic oil. There is a big oil filed coming in the Dakotas and another one in east Texas. This bill would make domestic crude the same price as foreign crude, hardly an incentive to get us off the OPEC cartel nipple. The result of this provision is the permanent increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil, resulting in an increase at the pump. Not just for private vehicles but for all vehicles and you will pay more for food, doctor office visits, going to work and so on.
(2) Conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit.
This sounds like a good idea but there is a rock in this provision. With this provision in place Congress could make foreign oil exploration a higher cost that domestic oil exploration. Good idea, right? Wrong this provision will shut down domestic oil exploration while doing away with competition.
(3) Impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil.
A tax for selling a comedy? If we don’t want the oil companies to make record profits then we should have the freedom to buy less. All this does is increase the price of the pump, which affects the price of everything else, and then increases the cost of living nation wide. Oil companies will pass this tax along to the consumer because it becomes a part of the cost of doing business.
(4) Establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming.
Another layer of government imposed upon the American people, staffed with persons that cannot get a job doing anything else. If we want to be energery independent then lower the taxes on domestic crude oil an increase taxes on foreign crude oil.
Other provisions:
Includes the Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act, which would make price gouging a federal crime, punishable by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
No retailer should be told the Congress of the United States of America, how much they can charge for what they sell. Doing so ensures that the price at the pump, even for alternative fuels, will always be high. This simply disallows for competition and increases the cost of living for every one. Poorer people get the shaft, again.
Suspending of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until December 31, 2008.
This reserve needs to be a full as possible in order for our military to have the fuel that the need, to the job that they do. This provision, in fact, undercuts our national security and provides no relief at the pump for anyone.
Incorporated into this legislation is the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 or NOPEC, which would effectively allow the United States to sue OPEC for manipulating oil prices.
OPEC has always manipulated the price of crude oil, suing them will not make the price come down. What makes the price come down is, for taxes on foreign crude to raise and then the price of domestic crude will be cheaper.
In my opinion this is a bad bill that prevents the common person form placing any money in savings or setting aside monies for retirement
Tell the original sponsor that this is a bad bill, which will hinder the economy, and your choices in fuel procurement. Freedom should be first not subsidizing a competitor to fossil fuels.
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008Bill # S.2991
Original Sponsor:Harry Reid (D-NV)
Cosponsor Total: 25(last sponsor added 06/04/2008) 24 Democrats 1 Independents
The provisions are in the bill are:
(1) Deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof.
This would include all producers of vehicle fuel, as there are no minor energy producers, the minor producers all went out of business in the mid eighties. So no oil company would be given a break for using domestic oil. There is a big oil filed coming in the Dakotas and another one in east Texas. This bill would make domestic crude the same price as foreign crude, hardly an incentive to get us off the OPEC cartel nipple. The result of this provision is the permanent increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil, resulting in an increase at the pump. Not just for private vehicles but for all vehicles and you will pay more for food, doctor office visits, going to work and so on.
(2) Conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit.
This sounds like a good idea but there is a rock in this provision. With this provision in place Congress could make foreign oil exploration a higher cost that domestic oil exploration. Good idea, right? Wrong this provision will shut down domestic oil exploration while doing away with competition.
(3) Impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil.
A tax for selling a comedy? If we don’t want the oil companies to make record profits then we should have the freedom to buy less. All this does is increase the price of the pump, which affects the price of everything else, and then increases the cost of living nation wide. Oil companies will pass this tax along to the consumer because it becomes a part of the cost of doing business.
(4) Establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming.
Another layer of government imposed upon the American people, staffed with persons that cannot get a job doing anything else. If we want to be energery independent then lower the taxes on domestic crude oil an increase taxes on foreign crude oil.
Other provisions:
Includes the Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act, which would make price gouging a federal crime, punishable by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
No retailer should be told the Congress of the United States of America, how much they can charge for what they sell. Doing so ensures that the price at the pump, even for alternative fuels, will always be high. This simply disallows for competition and increases the cost of living for every one. Poorer people get the shaft, again.
Suspending of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until December 31, 2008.
This reserve needs to be a full as possible in order for our military to have the fuel that the need, to the job that they do. This provision, in fact, undercuts our national security and provides no relief at the pump for anyone.
Incorporated into this legislation is the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 or NOPEC, which would effectively allow the United States to sue OPEC for manipulating oil prices.
OPEC has always manipulated the price of crude oil, suing them will not make the price come down. What makes the price come down is, for taxes on foreign crude to raise and then the price of domestic crude will be cheaper.
In my opinion this is a bad bill that prevents the common person form placing any money in savings or setting aside monies for retirement
Tell the original sponsor that this is a bad bill, which will hinder the economy, and your choices in fuel procurement. Freedom should be first not subsidizing a competitor to fossil fuels.
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008Bill # S.2991
Original Sponsor:Harry Reid (D-NV)
Cosponsor Total: 25(last sponsor added 06/04/2008) 24 Democrats 1 Independents
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Government Figures To Take Your Next Raise.
The Governor of Oregon is a lot of things, has been called a lot of things, will be called a lot of other things, but apparent intelligence does not seem to be one of the things he is called lately.
Having taking Oregon down the mythic “humans cause global warming” road, he now takes a “government confiscates your raise" detour. He has sent to the mambe pambe Oregon legislature a method to raise money for “road projects. Proclaiming himself to be the Oregon answer to FDR, something he is never going to be, our “great” governor has decided to hurt as many people as possible.
The method he is using is two fold, first he ignores the fact that Oregon already gets money to repair and build road with. The FEDS pay Oregon money to maintain and upgrade National highways, including Interstate 5, and every time you purchase fuel for your truck or car the state of Oregon gets money. Second he ignores that fully half of the road money Oregon spends on road repair goes for anything but roads. Parks, bike paths, public light rail, public bus systems, but not roads because bike paths state wide move .5 percent of the population. That is one half of one percent state wide and only for nine months of the year.
At no point is the money spent on “roads” ever qualified before the public, so the public does not know that Oregon wastes money like there is no tomorrow.
His proposal is to raise the taxes, or fees, on automotive and heavy truck licenses plates, driver’s licenses, registrations and a new fee. We remind you all that Department of Ecological Quality (DEQ) inspections are a scam designed to make the State of Oregon money.
The fee proposal, in money is as follows, notice the new fee:
- Increasing the motor vehicle registration fee from $27 to $81 year to raise an additional $308 million
- Increase the motor vehicle title fee from $55 to $110 a year to raise an additional $100 million.
- Creating a $100 first-time title fee to raise $33 million.
- Increasing the state gas tax from 24 cents to 26 cents per gallon to raised an additional $58 million.
Our governor’s reasoning is that the best thing to do, to help the economy, is to spend money. Spend money building and repairing roads that should have been maintained already. Since the maintenance money has been already spent on non-road things, the governor has decided that the State needs more money. Notice he is not advocating for more thrift in spending or even accountability in spending.
What the effect of all this will be is that the people, the ones the governor wants to put to work, will not be able to get to work because they cannot afford the transportation. Busses and trains you see do not go to road projects. Did we mention that the “unforeseen consequences” is Oregon will have a plethora of unregistered, un-inspected, unlicensed autos and trucks, driven by an equal number of unlicensed drivers?
Heaven forbid that once the “common man” gets a raise they can stick the money in savings, pay down debt, buy a newer car, purchase better health insurance, take the wife and kiddies out to a “real” restaurant. Oh no we need more “transportation” repair and projects. When is the last time the governor actually road the Portland light rail during rush hour? No, better spend money building and repairing roads while denying workers the ability to get to work.
And the people in politics say we never see it coming, indeed!
Egor
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Cost Of Living As Relates To Government.
Every elected official I know of is worried about the cost of living. The middle class is said to be the hardest hit, yet the middle class has more available income than the lower class does.
Part of the high cost of living, in any area of the United States, is directly related to the fees government charges for nearly every thing. Run up the price of water, sewer, garbage collection, and business licenses. The price of everything goes up and, according to some; elected persons are caught by surprise.
How can this be? Three counties in Oregon have just voted to increase property taxes by twelve dollars a month. This means that every business will raise the price of everything accordingly. Landlords will raise rent prices, forcing business owners to raise prices of everything that they sell. It drives up the cost of food, cars, insurance, transportation, utilities everything does mean everything.
The much storied, harried, middle class is not going to grumble much about the increase in their property taxes. They will grumble some about the price of a candy bar, or sofa, increasing by two percent. The lower class has no recourse but to cut their spending. They cannot pay the additional cost of goods, like food or healthcare, so they drop their health insurance and then purchase less.
The result, since there are more lower income people than middle, or higher income people, is business go out of business. Unemployment increases; commerce halts, and elected persons increase the cost of services to counter a loss of income.
A viscous cycle that feeds the cost of living and directly forces the lower income families do go without. The new administration has given no indication that they care about the working poor. On the contrary, they are worried about the middleclass. After January twentieth becomes history the working poor will be forgotten.
Government accounts for ten percent of the cost of living and I cannot find a single elected person that really cares. Raising the price of goods and services makes sense in good economic times but make no sense at the present time.
What would happen if government froze their payroll or put a cap on income when money becomes tight? The cost of living would become static or drop. How would that be bad?
Egor
Part of the high cost of living, in any area of the United States, is directly related to the fees government charges for nearly every thing. Run up the price of water, sewer, garbage collection, and business licenses. The price of everything goes up and, according to some; elected persons are caught by surprise.
How can this be? Three counties in Oregon have just voted to increase property taxes by twelve dollars a month. This means that every business will raise the price of everything accordingly. Landlords will raise rent prices, forcing business owners to raise prices of everything that they sell. It drives up the cost of food, cars, insurance, transportation, utilities everything does mean everything.
The much storied, harried, middle class is not going to grumble much about the increase in their property taxes. They will grumble some about the price of a candy bar, or sofa, increasing by two percent. The lower class has no recourse but to cut their spending. They cannot pay the additional cost of goods, like food or healthcare, so they drop their health insurance and then purchase less.
The result, since there are more lower income people than middle, or higher income people, is business go out of business. Unemployment increases; commerce halts, and elected persons increase the cost of services to counter a loss of income.
A viscous cycle that feeds the cost of living and directly forces the lower income families do go without. The new administration has given no indication that they care about the working poor. On the contrary, they are worried about the middleclass. After January twentieth becomes history the working poor will be forgotten.
Government accounts for ten percent of the cost of living and I cannot find a single elected person that really cares. Raising the price of goods and services makes sense in good economic times but make no sense at the present time.
What would happen if government froze their payroll or put a cap on income when money becomes tight? The cost of living would become static or drop. How would that be bad?
Egor
Saturday, November 8, 2008
What Are We Doing?
As the topic of this blog indicates, this blog is about how the decisions that elected officials make effect us all. While they may mean well, and most have genuine motives, mostly they hurt us all. Sometimes it is the non actions they they have and at other times it is the actions that they take.
So we will explain how the "pending doom" of the actions of elected officials will hinder, or further, Independence and freedom.
Later.
Egor
So we will explain how the "pending doom" of the actions of elected officials will hinder, or further, Independence and freedom.
Later.
Egor
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