When are we going to pull together as a nation and get off of our lazy butts and do something about a do-nothing congress. In the last 2 years:
1. Gasoline prices have doubled
2. Fuel oil prices have tripled
3. Electricity has doubled
4. Oil company profits have skyrocketed
5. Congress has failed on immigration legislation which affects all of us.
If you add up the extra costs of living due to these increases, the average Joe is now paying what amounts to another car payment. I for one average another $700 - 900 dollars monthly in additional expenses.
The reason for most of the increases is "deregulation" and speculation. We are told that it is not demand that is driving prices up. It is the speculators that are doing it, increasing their bids every time there is a burp on the world market.
Speculation is one of the most destabilizing forces in oil prices (next to pointless saber-rattling by elected officials who feel the urge to have a "military crisis" in the months leading up to an election in order to shore-up blind loyalty in their voter base).
There is simply no need for speculation, and it is just another excuse for more profits at the expense of the public.
Without speculation, an oil company who has leases and is the field producer can charge themselves whatever they want for that particular fields production, not based on what some screaming broker ran the "everywhere" price up to weeks earlier. If the oil company needs oil and buys it from a third party, they should go to the third party direct, negotiate a short or long term contract as they feel, or buy on the spot if that is how they prefer to do business. No middle man, no third parties knowing what deals were closed, no extra layer of profits going to the speculators. Just companies doing business with one another, allowed to work the best deals between one another that they can. The price of the oil in the tanker doesn't change halfway across the ocean either.
As a National Security material, no U.S. based organization should be allowed to drive the price of oil via speculation.
There are some items that are not subject to speculation and oil should be added to that list.
THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING FOLKS!!!! WE NEED TO LET THE CANDIDATES KNOW HOW DISGUSTED WE ARE AND WHAT WE WILL DO. HENCE....
The "Take Back America Party" Manifesto
1. Congress must immediately enact legislation to curb the rising price of oil products and end speculation of oil products
2. Congress must act on legislation making it illegal to hire illegal aliens punishable by stiff fines. Illegals should be able to register in America for citizenship and pay taxes and social security like everyone else in order to be legally hired.
3. Congress should be subject to the same rules as the electorate regarding Social Security, health care, pensions and the law.
4. Lobbying and monetary contributions to congressional officeholders must stop immediately. We the people own this country, not the special interest groups and corporations
What can we do to send the message?
I suggest we hit where it hurts the most. Don't break the law....Don't refuse to pay taxes......Have a STRIKE, a WORK STOPPAGE! Not a prolonged effort but a one day strike followed by more one day strikes till we see action. A one day strike will not hurt most people financially, but the damage it will do economically and financially to corporations and the government will send a message. If they don't hear us....well....more one day strikes. No work, No Shopping, No driving....Just STAY HOME
I propose that we circulate this email and see if it will get some national attention. Lets see what the government will do. If there is an unsatisfactory response, our first strike day will be on June 16th 2008.
Lets pull together and make our government work for us! Send this to everyone on your mailing list. What have we got to lose but more of our hard earned wages if we don't do anything.