Cutting taxes on gasoline would also bring down prices.

Legislating theft from one taxpayer to bribe another taxpayer is the current state of affairs, but that doesn't make it ethical or proper. It certainly is convenient to have big oil on your side. While as consumers and commuters, we are addicted to oil, so is the government and their tax revenue.

Cutting taxes on gasoline would also bring down prices. It is the Democrats that dont want to increase drilling. Also, middle income families pay very little in income tax. My kid has never beat anyone up and I do not encourage him to. Gore and others propose increasing the taxes on energy. Man, your attempts at reason are just getting more and more pathetic. From a mathematical standpoint, even if they paid no income tax at all, the reduction in their tax would appear small compared to the income tax that high income earners pay. This sort of government mommying reaches into the pockets of one group of taxpayers to give money to another group of taxpayers.