| Council Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The great, dead heart of suburbia Gender:  Posts: 1,537 Country:  Level up: 3%, 194 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by sgtdmski  These leases were negotiated in good faith by the oil companies with the government. Now the government is attempting to go back and change them. This is not a way to do business. Nor is it a very legal manuever. If this passes the Senate, I find it highly unlikely it will pass judicial review.
dmk | Nothing is done in Congress out of "good faith," and even less so by oil companies. Their motivation is to make money and satisfy shareholders, not to be nice. This doesn't mean they have the right to offer inflated prices.
There's always something under the surface. You should know better than to trust politicians.  Even this action is probably just to gain popular support for the Dems (everybody loves low gas prices) before they choose someone to run for the presidency. They need to beef up their credentials, and this is an ideal opportunity to do so. Then again, at least in this case the ends justify the means. "Every time I hear the phrase 'Christian nation' I run to my car and blast a Slayer album at full volume." - Me |