Dems propose "Reasonable Profits Board" to regulate oil company profits - The Hill's Floor Action

Thanks to Tom Cotton(@cottonforcongress) for tweeting the following article.

Dems propose 'Reasonable Profits Board' to regulate oil company profits - The Hill's Floor Action

In my opinion this is nothing less than socialist tyranny. As much as we all dislike the price of gas we should never allow the government to determine when the profits of the oil companies are deemed unreasonable. If we do, what is to stop them from determining when the profits of your company are unreasonable, or set a limit on what you as an employee are allowed to earn before they begin to take 100%. DR.

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The Debt Limit Kiss-Off

In what amounts to nothing more than politics as usual the House of Representatives voted today to disapprove of President Obama's request for another debt limit increase. The vote basically means nothing because after last year's debt limit stand-off Congress gave approval to Obama to raise the debt limit, thanks for nothing Mr. McConnell.

This scenario helps the Republicans save face by telling the voters they did not support the President and Democrats as our country is driven deeper into debt.

The problems with this are that the Republicans think that voters are stupid enough that we won't see through this charade, and the Democrats get to continue using taxpayer money to buy votes by using their "we have to honor our country's debts" talking points.

So here's a big Thank You to our public servants in Washington who once again have put their own self interests, and those of their party, ahead of their country.