Comments on: Drake to Pelosi: Vote before Convention http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/22/drake-to-pelosi-vote-before-convention/ Fri, 25 May 2012 04:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Britt Howard http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/22/drake-to-pelosi-vote-before-convention/#comment-5825 Britt Howard Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:01:37 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1057#comment-5825 Energy policy can definitely be a winning issue. Thelma Drake has been hammering on the issue and that's a good thing. It positively affects my vote in November. It can also potentially raise her profile in Congress. Most people know that alternative fuels are not going to save us anytime soon. Eventually yes. What is needed: 1. Making use of areas already approved for the exploration and drilling of oil and nat. gas 2. Opening other areas for exploration and drilling 3. Building refineries(tax breaks, grants, and subsides as needed to encourage building) 4. Building nuclear power plants 5. Aggressive pursuits of alternative and clean fuels 6. Further moves by the auto industry to tap a growing market for fuel frugal consumers. 7. An announced policy to randomly sell portions of the national fuel reserve. The fuel reserve would be audited for leakage and condition. At risk fuel sold and installations overhauled. Announce an up coming sale and sell after a random period of time. This would be a step to combat a specualtion inspired bidding up of prices. 8. Stabilize the dollar and reduce the national debt. We pay for gas/fuel with dollars, thus it must be worth something in order to control price inflation. 9. Reduce the Federal Gas Tax as domestic production increases. The goal would be to stay revenue neutral to barely revenue positive. 10. Prepare now for alternative tax revenue sources/allocations. Gas may not always be the primary fuel source. Budgets dependant on the gas tax might eventually need other revenue streams. Imagine if everyone quit smoking and paying cigarette tax overnight...... Energy policy can definitely be a winning issue. Thelma Drake has been hammering on the issue and that’s a good thing. It positively affects my vote in November. It can also potentially raise her profile in Congress.

Most people know that alternative fuels are not going to save us anytime soon. Eventually yes.

What is needed:

1. Making use of areas already approved for the exploration and drilling of oil and nat. gas

2. Opening other areas for exploration and drilling

3. Building refineries(tax breaks, grants, and subsides as needed to encourage building)

4. Building nuclear power plants

5. Aggressive pursuits of alternative and clean fuels

6. Further moves by the auto industry to tap a growing market for fuel frugal consumers.

7. An announced policy to randomly sell portions of the national fuel reserve. The fuel reserve would be audited for leakage and condition. At risk fuel sold and installations overhauled. Announce an up coming sale and sell after a random period of time. This would be a step to combat a specualtion inspired bidding up of prices.

8. Stabilize the dollar and reduce the national debt. We pay for gas/fuel with dollars, thus it must be worth something in order to control price inflation.

9. Reduce the Federal Gas Tax as domestic production increases. The goal would be to stay revenue neutral to barely revenue positive.

10. Prepare now for alternative tax revenue sources/allocations. Gas may not always be the primary fuel source. Budgets dependant on the gas tax might eventually need other revenue streams. Imagine if everyone quit smoking and paying cigarette tax overnight……

]]> By: Squeaky Wheel http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/22/drake-to-pelosi-vote-before-convention/#comment-5802 Squeaky Wheel Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:10:08 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1057#comment-5802 <i>"Barring a burst of legislative activity after Labor Day, this group of 535 men and women will have accomplished a rare feat. In two decades of record keeping, no sitting Congress has passed fewer public laws at this point in the session -- 294 so far -- than this one. That's not to say they've been idle. On the flip side, no Congress in the same 20 years has been so prolific when it comes to proposing resolutions -- more than 1,900, according to a tally by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense."</i> From WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121910897089651793.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Barring a burst of legislative activity after Labor Day, this group of 535 men and women will have accomplished a rare feat. In two decades of record keeping, no sitting Congress has passed fewer public laws at this point in the session — 294 so far — than this one. That’s not to say they’ve been idle. On the flip side, no Congress in the same 20 years has been so prolific when it comes to proposing resolutions — more than 1,900, according to a tally by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense.”

From WSJ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121910897089651793.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

]]> By: Crystal Clear Conservative http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/22/drake-to-pelosi-vote-before-convention/#comment-5801 Crystal Clear Conservative Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:05:01 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1057#comment-5801 She promises, and has yet to deliver on her promises. Hmmm, sounds like typical Pelosi fashion. She promises, and has yet to deliver on her promises. Hmmm, sounds like typical Pelosi fashion.

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