Name:   copperline - Subject:   That was really wrong Date:   4/8/2012 8:23:47 AM

OK,  so it starts with gas prices that have soared up, increasing the dollars streaming thru your cash register which then create more fees for banking services. 

 Exxon’s qtr’ly profits were up 41% in the 3^rd, and 53% in the  4^th qtr of 2011 compared with a year before, this is based completely on the increase in oil prices, nothing else.    That increase has created by an international oil market that is driving oil futures up because of Libya, iran, the Middle East in general and Europe’s future…. it’s the free market at work.   When we are benefiting from market conditions, we love your success.   When those conditions change for the worse, everybody looks to the govt to fix the problem.   in between times, conservatives complain that the govt is interfering too much and causing the problem to begin with.   We live in a global economy now, oil prices are not decided in Washington. 

Conservatives  like to argue that people shouldn’t  feel entitled to govt intervention in their lives, that this is unrealistic, unfair to the rest of us, and stems from feelings of entitlement.     You call it a Welfare Mentality.   But when it’s your ox that’s getting gored, conservatives are just as quick to complain that some govt intervention is needed to ease their ‘suffering’.     Maybe this welfare mentality isn’t just limited to poor folks.

Think it would be a good idea to cap those banking and oil company charges, constrain their profits and keep more of your revenue stream for yourself? 

Going back to the cabin today, no more internet for a while...