Democrats in Congress want to nationalize oil refineries.
House Democrats responded to President’s Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.
Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.
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“We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market.“ [said Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY).]»
House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries
So they’re going to address skyrocketing oil prices by ... what, restricting the flow of oil? How is confiscating existing refineries going to bring prices down?
These are the people who took control of Congress after the 2006 elections. The people whose votes made that possible have no one to blame but themselves.
