Wouldn't raising the oil companies' taxes increase the price of gas?

As with most businesses, both large and small, taxes are treated as an expense item. When the cost of doing business goes up, the price of their goods and services to the consumer go up to pay their higher costs of dong business. Some businesses will absorb higher costs for awhile, but at some point they must raise their prices or go out of business.

This BASIC economic reality seems to escape the logic(?) centers of most liberal brains. Come on guys think about it. What happens at your place of employment if the costs go up? They either lay people off or raise their prices.

Taxes are not some magical weapon to punish corporations. They don't pay. The only way taxes are paid is by you and me and the rest of the PEOPLE through direct taxes, fees, inflation and higher prices for goods.

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Did you know that here in the U.S., oil companies only make a few cents a gallon on gas? Washington gets much more than the earl companies do.

Look, if we all convert to algae we wouldn't have a problem

PS: Oops, on second thought, that might incite the forming from the left-wing

of The Algae Liberation Front.(similar to PITA)

I guess I'll go back to the drawing board..;-)

Yes because as everyone already knows, Corporations don't pay taxes they simply pass those costs on to the consumer

It would cause gas prices to shoot up quite a bit. Liberals have no sense of how the market actually works.

Bill you forgot Congress, and afterwards when they become lobbyists.

http://www.iquestionauthority.wordpress.com/2012/0...

http://www.republicreport.org/2012/make-it-rain-re...

a 1,453% raise, sweet.

and then there's the insider-trading they do as well

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388130n

Look to your own house, and the corruption & greed within it you "Monarch".

Precisely as moronic as expecting the debt to go down if you raise taxes to get Congress more money.

They're the ones who passed a law that gives them automatic pay raises, unless they agree to call a special session to discuss not getting one (for that cycle).

Gas is less profitable than most things we buy.

Big Oil

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 7.9%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/120.html

Restaurants

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 9.9%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/712.html

Education & Training Services

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 9.9%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/766.html

Conglomerates

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 13.1%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/210.html

Internet Information Providers

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 23.8%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/851.html

Personal Computers

Net Profit Margin (mrq): 16.2%

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/811.html

Oh, no, First they will tell all their shareholders (mostly retiree's) that they are not getting their dividends any more. (YEAH RIGHT)

Then a month later, THEN they will raise the prices.

So you blame Obama? Are you serious? You just stated Oil companies would raise the price .20 to offset it. Is it Obama's fault that he can't control the Free Market?

You just basically said

THE PRESIDENT CANNOT CONTROL OIL COMPANIES..........Glad you finally got it!