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To: RetiredNow who wrote (317588)	12/27/2006 10:53:45 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578479

"But with every post you make, it is clearer to everyone on these threads that you don't really believe in the old Republican ideals and that this Republican party no longer represents the true old guard Republicans like myself." Both Harris and Shorty are ABD, anybody but Democrats. I can understand that to an extent, while the Democrats were in power, they certainly got to the point where they weren't interested in governing well, but in lining their pockets and getting re-elected. What I don't understand is their inability to recognize that the Republicans went even further in that direction than the Democrats did, and they did it in a lot less time. The Democrats drifted in that direction over the decades, too many Republicans, like DeLay, had it as a *goal*. My personal belief is that we need a viable third party to keep them honest. Because even if the ones just elected have pure motives, over time the siren call of being re-elected at all costs means that more and more will lose sight of why they went there in the first place. With only two parties, both of which having a history of such things, means the disgust has to build to a high level. Hopefully a viable third party lowers that threshold. And, hopefully, it means the elections would be more about ideas rather than what dirt can be dug up. I know, I know, the last is really idealistic, but a man can dream...

To: RetiredNow who wrote (317588)	12/27/2006 12:24:20 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578479

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (317588)	12/27/2006 6:32:36 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578479

The government gives large breaks to oil companies, but it also imposes a lot of regulation on them, and taxes their products. Its hard to say whether they get a net benefit, let alone an out-sized one. I suppose the current companies do get a net benefit in the sense that the regulations hurt new would be competitors more then they hurt the established companies who have decades of experience dealing with them and the economies of scale to afford large legal departments, lobbyists, and expensive compliance efforts. But while that's an advantage to the incumbent companies it isn't something that pushes more oil consumption.