Aktinide Komplex
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Aktinide Komplex said:Today, on CNN.com, I viewed an article (with pictures) concerning George W. Bush's visit to a Missouri gas station. He was there to speak with 'the people' regarding his expectations of America's oil companies; namely that they reinvest their record high profits (due to record high gas prices) into alternative fuel source research.
Aktinide Komplex said:Now.. don't get me wrong; I am by NO means a fan of the Bush administration and I wholeheartedly disagree with Bush's rejection of taxation on "windfall profits".
Aktinide Komplex said:However, wether Bush is in legion with America's rich or not, he has a point (which he probably made by accident). One acknowledgement any business owner operating his establishment under our laissez faire economic system must make is that, in turn for our government trusting them to conduct business in a fair and befitting manner, they must be held partially responsible for the well-being of our economy by doing what they can to ensure it's functionality. The Enron fiasco is a perfect example. You mess up, you pay the price.
Aktinide Komplex said:What is truly unfortunate is that even though these corporate dogs are using the 'war on terror' as an excuse to boost profits,
Aktinide Komplex said:we can say and do nothing because every aspect of our lives is affected in some way by the ability of a truck, plane, ship or other transport vehicle to move about. It would seem to me that the ONLY weapon we have against this ridiculousness is investing our money into alternative fuel source research.
Aktinide Komplex said:these corporate dogs are using the 'war on terror' as an excuse to boost profits,
The government should tax them and use the money for alternative fuel research...but not because the oil companies are doing anything immoral or illegal. Our dependence on oil has simply become a national security issue. I would support a 100% sales tax on gasoline.
Aktinide Komplex said:Social responsibility is a big issue nowadays, especially since so many corporations seem to to be outright laughing at it. I know that in Europe, fuel prices have always been about as high as they are here now, and I know that it would be beneficial for us to get used to it, but using war as a distraction to skyrocket prices in a matter of a few years does NOT smack of social responsibility. Rapid change affecting millions of people is not the way to go. American individualism does not have to go as far as allowing the owners of a business to be so filthy rich just because they earned it "and that's that", not when it affects the ability of your average working class person to support themselves.
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