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I'm not an economist so I may be way off base here but wouldn't taxing the oil companies be the last thing the President should do.



Depends. In a capitalistic economy you'd want to see any company plow unexpected profits back into the business, to increase production in this case.

If you think that won't happen than taxing the money away doesn't hurt much worse than taxes normally do. But if the company would reinvest in the business then taxing away the profit does indeed hurt by ensuring that nobody lifts a finger to solve the problem - if the company can't make a profit by trying harder why bother?

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And anyone who sings the national anthem in spanish should be drop kicked back across the border.



To be honest I don't care if they want to sing the anthem in whatever language they want. I don't want to hear any requests for welfare handouts in a foreign language, but the anthem is OK.
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