oil extraction tax Archive
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Hedge this Big Oil…
Posted on April 1, 2012 | 9 CommentsThe funny story about the price of oil started way back during the Carter Administration. Jimmy Carter was the poster boy for how to screw a pooch without really trying. ... -
How much should a gallon of gasoline cost?
Posted on March 21, 2012 | 19 CommentsCharts are from the U.S. Energy Info Admin. Hat tip to Jay Bookman of blogs.ajc.com. March 2012′s price for a barrel of “sweet-golden-crude... -
Oil Extraction Fee Initiative filed for California Education Funding – Time to Get Signatures!
Posted on May 4, 2011 | 18 Comments. .. . . I’ve been making noise about how much this state needs an oil extraction fee for a couple of years now, haven’t I? Senator Torrico had legislation... -
You can bet your sweet BP!
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 1 CommentApril 20th, 2010 the BP Movable Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” exploded and started a seemingly endless spewing of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, from a mile down on the... -
Where is Red Adair?
Posted on July 4, 2010 | 2 CommentsIn 1962 John Wayne did a movie “Hellfighters” about a real American Hero called Paul “Red” Adair. He was famous at the time for being the first to put out a... -
Why Melissa Fox (& other Dems) WON’T EVEN TRY to raise your taxes to re-invest in education.
Posted on May 8, 2010 | 5 Comments. . . . . It was actually the obscure 19th-century British preacher Charles Hadden Spurgeon, NOT Mark Twain as often believed, who coined the great expression, “A lie can... -
Don’t you think Exxon should pay at least SOME taxes?
Posted on April 17, 2010 | 13 CommentsOne of the caricatures made of us progressives is that WE have a caricature of the Vast, Evil Corporation. And it is easy to fall into thinking and talking that... -
Rally in LA tomorrow for Torrico’s AB 656 (oil severance fee to fund higher education)
Posted on April 5, 2010 | 16 Comments. . . . . . . This is one of the most sensible bills to come around in a long time – Alberto Torrico’s AB 656 would fund our...
