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Gas tax a bonanza for state
San Francisco Chronicle 05/11/06 Oil companies aren't the only ones raking in the money because of rising prices at the fuel pump. The coffers of state and local governments are seeing big gains as a... ...
The Real Oil Story: The Oil in Iraq
By Walter Simpson Oil is pretty slippery stuff. The press is playing up $3 a gallon gasoline, record oil company profits, and the $400 million retirement package for Exxon’s former CEO. But these stories... ...
IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE OF GAS PRICES
ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/sta cey/pnum287.php The last time Congress held any hearings on gas prices they didn't even put the oil company executives under oath. Those executives didn't even... ...
Cantwell, Feinstein Press for Public Release of Enron Evidence
Senators Feinstein and Cantwell called on federal energy regulators and the Department of Justice to ensure the timely public release of evidence acquired during the ongoing Enron investigation. Such evidence... ...
Sharp Reaction to GOP Plan on Gas Rebate
The Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the burden of high gasoline prices is eliciting more scorn than gratitude from the very people it was intended to help. http://www.truthout .org/docs_2006/050106L.sht ml ...
GOP Blocks Tax Hikes on Oil Firm Profits
While Republican leaders sharply criticize soaring gasoline prices and energy industry profits, GOP negotiators have decided to knock out provisions in a major tax bill that would force the oil companies... ...
Oilman In Chief: Bush eases environmental rules on gasoline
by Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com George W. Bush would like to sell you the idea that pesky environmental regulations are keeping gas prices high. http://www.tompaine .com/articles/2006/04/26/o ilman_in_chief.php Oilm an... ...
Peak Oil And The Political Economy Of Terrorism
New Gasoline Study Shows Profits, Are Driving Pump Price Spike A new study of rising gasoline prices in California found that corporate markups and profiteering are responsible for spring price spikes,... ...
If We’re at War, President Bush Should Limit Oil Profits
Maybe we are engaged in a global war. If that’s the case, then there is ample precedent for Mr. Bush to limit oil profits. Americans expect the president to do something that will lower the cost of gasoline.... ...
The Very Rich In America: "The Kind Of Money You Cannot Comprehend"
By David Walsh 19 April 2006 "Let me tell you about the very rich," F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote in a 1926 story, "They are different from you and me." But even Fitzgerald could not have imagined... ...