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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

do you think the gasoline price hike is a political move by big oil?

On March 1, 2012, The President asked Congress to eliminate the SPECIAL TAX BREAKS for BIG OIL. That day to this writing march 12, 2012 gas has gone up approx 30 cents a gallon. What emergency steps can the President take to stop the oil companies from ruining the recovery?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Obama believes that higher prices for oil is good for America and has no intention of doing anything to keep them from rising.

  • Vince
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    There's nothing the president can do to control gas prices. If there's war in the Middle East, gas prices will skyrocket.

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