Obama wants oil corp. profits tax to send us rebates like Palin did in Alaska, so Obama's a maverick, right?

Question

If she's a maverick for taxing oil company profits and rebating the money to consumers, then so is Obama, since he proposes the same thing.

Answer 1

I guess it isn't socialism if you wave a flag and a bible.

Answer 2

surely you have forgotten about all of the double standards that apply to Democrats and non-Republicans......

Answer 3

It depends.  If the money comes from a company, then it is foolish socialism, since the end result is that the company raises prices to cover the short fall.  Money isn't magic.  It comes from US.

If it is from the government because they were careful with our taxes and sent the extra back rather than spending it, then it's wonderful and no extra cost to us, just gain.

There is a huge difference, and I'm not sure of the details in both cases, but that's the way it works economically.

Answer 4

There's a big difference. Obama's was not a task from God. Everything that Palin does is within God's plan. Down syndome kid, Track to Iraq, oil pipelines, lobbyists to rein in earmarks for Alaska including 'Bridge to nowhere" were all according to God's plan. I wonder when God asked her to pull the plug on the road after she had lobbied for and taken the $400 million from Washington.

Don't call her a maverick. She's a crusader ( a la Bush) and warrior for the Almighty (who is not Allah or Yahweh).

Answer 5

It wasn't taxation of profits that gave them the rebate, don't you research anything!

Answer 6

Palin reached across party lines and accepted a compromise to punish proven corrupt Oil companies in Alaska. I trust you can see the difference.