What do you base your political decisions on?

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I have to go large on this because of the OIL COMPANIES


They broke down exactly how much money that the oil companies make per gallon.....8 cents.

Out of 4-3.50 dollars a gallon they make a nickel and three pennies! Why?
Go to the pump and look at the breakdown of state, local and government taxes per gallon.

Then think of the exploration, studies, drilling, pumping, transport of a barrel of oil, then look at what the company needs to do with keeping up the platforms, derricks and delivery systems as far as preventive mainanence goes.

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We have been talking about ecology and the earth since Rachel Carson in the late 70's,
And what have we done?

Nothing. Those stupid commercials were the parents are on a TV screen telling their children about some legacy to clean up the earth....what a crock of crap.

No one cares.

Right on.

I grew up in the "crying Indian" commercial generation. NOT LITTERING was the major focus back then. Do you think we all could cooperate on that one?
Seems rather simple, throw your trash in the basket.
But no, get out of your car in any parking lot and you'll see cups, wrappers, and people who think the world is their ashtray, literally.
As a kid, and even as an adult, I used to go out picking up litter. Now it's pretty apparent that nobody cares, some 40 years later.

People are always wanting a new 'cause'. In the 80's it was "feed the world" "we are the children", in the 90's it was homelessness. Now it is "Global warming", "current climate crisis"
I tell you that no one will be talking about this in 10-15 years.

The real crisis is our dependance on foreign oil.