“People throughout Massachusetts are breaking the bank to fill their gas tanks, while oil companies reap windfall profits. That’s just plain wrong. That’s why I’m asking the federal government to investigate why prices have increased so dramatically,” said Senator Kerry. “This crisis is yet another reminder of Washington’s glaring inaction about our nation’s dependence on oil. It’s long past time to get serious about making America energy independent. This ongoing crisis hits people in the wallets, threatens our entire economy, degrades our environment and compromises our national security.”
As the Senator points out in his statement, and as most folks are painfully aware, gas prices are hitting us all in the pocketbook. In 2004, gas prices were a
campaign issue at $1.77/gal. Less than four years later, at an average
$3.11/gal., nothing is being done by this administration or its lockstep Republican apologists to address the impact of oil dependency on the American public. We need a Congress and an administration that will look for answers that benefit the vast majority of Americans, not just a few greedy oil execs. It's long past time for us to insist that the people we elect to represent us actually represent us, and that the
ones who don't find another line of work.
The public's best interest is what we should be concerned with, not Exxon's record profits, as thatguitarman reminds us in song.
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