We have the solution, in more ways than one... But the Democrats won't let us do it.
Imagine that. On Sep 26, 1:36 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent piece, from the Article... > > "...If you’re keeping score, we’re at about $6.1 trillion. That’s more > than 60% of the current national debt of of $9.8 trillion — and I > ignored any potential additional royalties from natural gas. I also > haven’t considered potential oil from sands, oil and gas from North > Dakota’s Bakken Formation, oil and gas from the Great Lakes, or oil > and gas from other inevitable future discoveries. > > Oh, and I forgot to tell you that, according to a spokesman for > Congressman Peterson, the royalty rate for land-based extraction is > typically much higher than 15% and that states also collect > substantial royalties on top of what Uncle Sam gets. (I never expected > this or I would have called on Tuesday.) > > Is anyone else besides me infuriated that for decades, while usually > whining that taxes haven’t been high enough, both the executive and > legislative branches of our supposedly “by the people, for the people” > government have mostly done all they can to keep us from using and > benefiting from our own resources?" > > On Sep 26, 12:01 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > and that the the Democrat leadership does not wish to tap into > > >http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/uncle-sams-multi-trillion-dollar-oil-loc...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
