White House seeks to deflect blame over rising gas prices

They can blame whom ever makes them feel better, but the average American will blame the last guy who said "vote for me and I can fix it".

 

I know that, but that has been the lefts excuse now for three years

Now it is time for Obama to run on his record - which is why he is toast

As I get ready to kleave for work, gas was $3.81/gal - I wonder what the price will be as I drive by the station this morning

As some libs here have said - I have to "budget better" to cope with Obama's lame energy policy

That would be ad to run on TV Professor. Blame the stupid voters for not being able to budget better in the Obama economy

 

3.6 million new jobs have been created in the private sector since Jan 2010.

If you want to blame Obama for that, fine. Why would Obama need to blame someone else?

 

3.6 million new jobs have been created in the private sector since Jan 2010.

Why would that record make Obama "toast"?

 

Sears And Kmart To Close 100-120 Stores And Lay Off Workers ...

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Dec 27, 2011 – Two of America's largest retailers that had combined forces to increase sales, are reporting they will close 100-120 of their 4000 stores ...


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Jan 22, 2012 – Eastman Kodak which ruled the world of film photography for over a ... in a big way and cutting costs by laying off thousands of employees.


Boeing and Pepsi Laying Off Thousands Despite Reports on Jobs ...

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Jan 5, 2012 – ... big companies like PespsiCo and Boeing continue to cut hundreds of ... Boeing and Pepsi Laying Off Thousands Despite Reports on Jobs ...


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Jan 25, 2001 – PLANO, Texas (AP) - J.C. Penney Co. said Thursday it will cut 5300 jobs, or about 2 percent of its work force, and close 47 stores.


Some 200 laid off at North Las Vegas Amonix solar plant - Las ...





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Jan 25, 2012 – Just seven months after California-based solar power company Amonix ... the company's contractor has laid off nearly two-thirds of its workforce


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Nov 10, 2011 – NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S solar company SunPower(SPWRA) is laying off 85 employees, or 2% of its workforce, as it restructures during a ...


Another subsidized solar company lays off most of its employees ...





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Jan 17, 2012 – Today brings news of an Ohio-state-government-subsidized solar company laying off most of its workforce: Willard & Kelsey Solar Group LLC ...




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Feb 16, 2012 – BIRMINGHAM — Jefferson County officials say more than 600 county employees received letters this week saying their jobs could be among ...





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Aug 12, 2011 – Marshall Space Flight Center is downsizing because of the cancellation of the Constellation rocket program and the end of the space shuttle ...

 

Its going to get worse, not better.

 

Jobs are always being lost and created regardless of the state of the economy.

What is more important is whether more jobs are being created than lost.

 

http://www.politicalforum.com/curre...ama-depression-grows-worse-8.html#post3971178

 

Peter Schiff describes (imo) why the main reason gas is going up - though I do think the middle east problems are also something to do with it:

(his answer is in the first 6 minutes)

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The NY Times did not speak for President Bush either. the link is strictly an opinion piece.

 

Of course, like in 2010 people are scraed republicans will come back to power and repeat the 2000's .

 

And they will see at his side republican candidates repeating what bush said for almost a decade and what resulted in the bigegst crash in a lot of generations.

 

Funny cartoons when you are out of arguments lol trying to hide the fact you dont have any arguments: very funny . lol

 

I can easily tell your correct with the Democrats losing 63 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate in 2010.

 

What can you do? Oil companies are there to make a profit. You would have to look at why they are not selling it here then. Too much regulation? I don't know. All I know is that there could be much more production here in the U.S. Gas prices are high, and people do not like it.

 

I thought it was all about supply and demand. Hard to believe.

 

People - it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE for Obama's lack of drill-baby-drilling to be the cause of the high gas prices.

U.S. demand for gas is the lowest it has been (apparently) since 1997!

So there is no way that any kind of a shortage is the reason.

I think the guy is a lousy POTUS - but his lack of drilling is not the reason for high gas prices.

I am not saying he bares no responsibility.

But a shortage of oil is not it.


Plus, remember that the cancelling of the Keystone pipeline does not mean that oil cannot be transported...just not quite as cheaply.

Trains could transport the oil that the Keystone pipeline was going to move.

 

That is a good question.

What can we do when Big Oil is simply selling the extra gas and oil we produce here at home overseas to reap ever bigger profits, while we consumers suffer by paying higher prices at the pump?

You could do what Palin did in Alaska, declare that oil is a national resource, and demand the oil companies pay a percentage of their revenues into the Govt coffers.

You could impose a higher tarriff on exports of petroleum products that encourages domestic production to be sold domestically.

You could impose a higher gas tax, which would force Big Oil to cut their margins to maintain their markets.

Or you could invest in alternative sourcs of energy so the nation is not dependent upon oil.

Of course, all of these actions would result in lower profits to Big Oil. Which is a cardinal sin to some political factions.

 

I don't know the repercussions of any of this. All I do know is that there could be more production.

 

I agree. We could endanger delicate ecosystems like the Florida Keys and safe drinking water and the like and produce marginally more oil than otherwise.

But when it is just going to be sold overseas to the greater profit of Big Oil while the consumers still pay higher prices at the pump, to what benefit?

Frankly, I don't see the strategic advantage of rushing to exhaust our own limited supply of this resource just to increase the profits of Big Oil.

 

Reducing the deficit..

But you know.. either you have an expanding oil sector that provides employment or you kill it by forcing down the ppb.. and you buy MORE foreign oil.

Do you remember in 1986 when Papa Bush BEGGED OPEC to raised the ppb?

Domestic producers were going bankrupt because their lift costs were higher than the OPEC price basket.

 

There are environmentally-friendlier ways of extracting our natural resources these days.

Why is gas so cheap in the oil-producing nations then?

 

You mean the trade deficit? That is true, it could do that.

Those are good points. I'm not against a level of domestic production. On the other hand, until we do develop reasonable alternatives to oil, and we remain depend upon in, using our own limited supply and sending it overseas, means, ultimately, that we may be more dependent on foreign supplies in the long run.

 

Economies of scale..

Their wells produce a half million barrels per day.. or more.. and they have integrated systems that flow from wellhead to GOSP, Cracking tower to Refinery to down stream manufacturing that cracks out Sulfur and Urea to make fertilizer.

We have 178,000 domestic wells.. 70% of which produce less than 50 barrels per day.. and cannot avail themselves of good reserve mgmt.

Heck.. we are still using rocker pumps.

 

I guess we'll just have to live with prices as they are, right?