Dems take aim at oil industry tax breaks

Welcome to the spin zone.:cool: Saying it's the democrats fault is the oldest Republican stunt in the book.

The Republican blame game isn't working. Just ask the Minority in the House and Senate.:cool:

Uuuu you got me, boy your getting a handle on this debating game. The only thing spinning is your head. Did you see the links in the link you provided. Where it says "(news, bio, voting record)" click on it to see for yourself if you have the guts. Denial is not a river in Egypt. How did you get the majority if not the blame game, but your probably in denial about that too. Mr. anybody but Bush!

You're referring to 1 member. I'm referring to policies of the party.

And what are the dems doing if not trying to creat policy. But that ok if they do it huh? I suggest you break away from the one and two sentence rebutals. They are not working for you.

I'm not long winded. My response works for me.:cool:

Your not related to the "intellect" are you?

Back to tax breaks and royalty giveaways.:backtotopic:

Na, i'd rather talk about you.

Go for it. I'd rather discuss tax breaks and royalty give-aways. I can understand why the smokescreens are thicker than flies. It's a good way to avoid the truth.:thumbup:

You can understand smokescreens because you are the one making them. Truth or your opinion of it? I guess it works both ways. Your hipocracy is showing again.

Oh well. :backtotopic:

I don't know if i'm ready yet. I'm having fun.

THE actions of Mr. Maxwell and the other auditors have coincided with broader investigations by Congress and the Interior Department?s own inspector general into whether the agency properly collects the money for oil and gas pumped from public land. Investigators say they have found evidence of myriad problems at the department: cronyism and cover-ups of management blunders; capitulation to oil companies in disputes about payments; plunging morale among auditors; and unreliable data-gathering that often makes it impossible to determine how much money companies actually owe.

In February, the Interior Department admitted that energy companies might escape more than $7 billion in royalty payments over the next five years because of errors in leases signed in the 1990s that officials are now scrambling to renegotiate. The errors were discovered in 2000, but were ignored for the next six years and have yet to be fixed.

Congressional investigators are worried about other problems, as well. The Interior Department?s inspector general told a House subcommittee in September that senior officials at the agency had repeatedly glossed over ethical lapses and bungling. ?Short of crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of the Interior,? declared Earl E. Devaney, the inspector general.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/yourmoney/03whistle.html

7 billion over five years.Ignoring the problem is no surprise.

This is Clintons baby, good old clinton, forgot to leave the government a way out.

You're right, it occured on Clintons watch.:thumbup: