Republicans trying to bribe the American people once again

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/gas.rebate/index.html

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Every American taxpayer would get a $100 rebate check to offset the pain of higher pump prices for gasoline, under an amendment Senate Republicans hope to bring to a vote Thursday.

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This should be the target of high ridicule. We need to pound it home that a mere $100 bribe is not going to save the Republican Party this November.

[RufusEarl]

1. How insulating, i don't want a hundred dollars,

i want responsible good government.

[elehhhhna]

2. Who's paying for this? The taxpayers. Duh.

[guidod]

14. Right!! We would all be

bribing each other. Asshole repugs.

[jedicord]

3. Meanwhile, oil companies continue to make giant profits.

At the taxpayers' expense. That $100 is our money in the friggin' first place.

[Canuckistanian]

4. That ought to shut the buggers up

Now, where's my dividend check?

[Jim__]

5. How many times do you have to fill-up your car to eat that $100?

How many times will you fill up your car this year? What's the real value of this rebate?

[DUHandle]

6. A vote is only worth a hundred bucks?

What a slap in the face!

[Inland]

7. Oil co's gouge us. Solution? Make our kids pay us the gouge. Huh?

Oil co's gouge me of a hundred dollars. Congress borrows a hundred dollars to give to me as compensation. End result: Oil co's richer by one hundred dollars, future americans poorer by one hundred dollars plus interest, and I'm the same.

It's the same republican strategy as any tax cut for the rich: it's the future generations who don't vote that get screwed while the companies get rich. It's just involving me this time for a rube goldberg, this looks even more generous, piece of bullshit.

Send me a hundred bucks and it's going straight to a democratic candidate, you thieves.

[Kashka-Kat]

8. ACTUALLY- think of it this way, its PR for THE OIL COMPANIES!!!

I WANT A REBATE TAKEN FROM THE OIL COMPANIES RECORD PROFITS--- NOT FROM *MY* TAX DOLLARS!!!!!!!!

Sorry to shout but I'm really pissed.

[Sparkman]

9. NATIONALIZE the oil companies!! That's the new "N" word in B.C.F., Inc.

The "bush crime family" inc. Outrageous or not, we need to SENSATIONALIZE these high crimes and treasons by those war profiteers, Bush/CHeney/Rice ALL came from multinational mega-oil, and owe their carrers to charging $3.00 for a $0.50 product. The U.S. is the 3rd largest oil producer! This gouging of us and theft of our national treasury, and the criminalization of our poor are revolutionary in scope. What are the consequences for the dictators in this overthrow of our democracy? Selling crack to the rich white punks get the black man 7 years in prison and loss of the voting franchise and a condemnation of poverty until death, just to give the current reference for what the establishment thinks is justice!

[OnionPatch]

10. And ANWR is part of that deal!!

Can you imagine, asking us to sell out our wildlands for $100 apiece? Sadly, I bet a lot of people would take them up on it. I hope they prove me wrong.

[Daphne08]

11. That's ridiculous and reminiscent of Georgie's $300 check!

Remember how far that went??

[tanyev]

12. That's not even two fill ups for a big SUV.

I think even most Bushbots would need a much bigger bribe than $100.

[meow2u3]

17. At the rate gas prices are skyrocketing...

$100 won't even be enough for one fillup for their SUV.

[htuttle]

13. So, are they planning on borrowing that money from the Chinese?

Is that wise? (of course not...)

Borrowing money for anything but a capital expense is stupid. I realize that our government does that all the time...ergo, ipso facto, it's stupid.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Sad. Really, really, just...sad. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

16. What??? They take us so cheap and DUMB? That we cannot compute?

$100 will buy us 25 to 35 gallons of gas....WTF is that? BIG DEAL.

Its a tiny Band Aid...

We need solutions, not Band Aids

MORE SOLUTIONS/CURES...LESS BAND AIDS

[Scout1071]

18. Bribery may be how they get things done, but not here.

Not me.

They can take that $100 and shove it up their.......

[TayTay]

19. My country went to war and messed up everything

and all I got was this lousy check.

If I get it, I'm sending mine to Gold Star Mothers. Cindy can have it. She will put it to good use.

[diamondsndust]

20. LMMFAO!!!!! $100?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I drive an F-150 Extended Cab 2WD with low gearing and oversized tires (for towing equipment) with dual tanks and I get 8 miles per gallon!! Let me know when they are ready to send me $100 per week, then I'll get excited about it. I personally believe in conservation also, but if we are the 3rd largest oil producing nation, why are we so dependant on foriegn oil???? It is way past time to start worrying about and taking care of our own here at home!