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Windfall Profits Tax

Nail Banks with Super Taxes!

Diane Francis | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Jagdish Bhagwati, Wall Street, Financial Meltdown, Economy, Economic Crisis, Treasury, Obama, Economic Stimulus, Taxation, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News
Diane Francis

Dr. Bhagwati fleshes out his prescriptions for the world economy and also provides his take on what he calls the "Wall Street Treasury Complex," the cause of the latest economic catastrophe.

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ASBL President Lloyd Chapman discusses Obama and the economy on Fox's Cavuto

Chris Gunn | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas, Small Business, Barack Obama, Charles Payne, Oil, Asbl, Neil Cavuto, Lloyd Chapman, Cavuto, Fox, American Small Business League, Chapman, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following video via YouTube this afternoon. In it, the ASBL's President Lloyd Chapman states th...

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Obama Struggles To Explain Drop of Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gas Prices, U.S. Economy, Gas, Small Business, Oil Windfall, Big Oil, Economy, Middle Class, Oil, Oil Prices, Barack Obama Windfall Profits Tax, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama camp's explanation as to why the windfall profits tax has been dropped is inconsistent with the facts and the actual series of events.

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Obama's Oil Company Windfall Profits Tax and the Wall Street Journal's Celebration

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, Obama Administration, OPEC Cartel, Cartels, Wall Street Journal, Windfall Profits Tax, Opec, Obama Windfall Profit Tax, Oil Prices, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The oil companies were not manipulating commodity prices. Their role has been limited to cheering on OPEC and lobbying our government to remain dangerously benign.

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Obama Camp: Not Backing Off Windfall Tax Promise

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Campaign Promise, Barack Obama Oil Companies, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama Windfall Profits Tax, Obama Oil Companies, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama Windfall Profits Tax, Politics News

A spokesperson for the Obama transition team is reaffirming the President-elect's commitment to rolling back the subsidies that oil companies enjoy, c...

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ASBL States, "Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry"

Chris Gunn | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Oil, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, American Small Business League, Windfall Profits Tax, Video, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following video via YouTube this morning.

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A Wall Street Windfall Profits Tax

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News
Marilyn Barrett

If Congress really wants to tax undeserved profits during the current economic melt-down, it should be looking at the finance industry.

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Wire, Iraq Veterans, Afghan War, Pakistan, 2008 Presidential Race, The Bush Administration, Us Economy Recession, Labor Unions, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Alternative Resources, Alternative Energy, Obama Administration, Energy Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Nouri Al-Maliki, Financial Crisis, Iraqi Troops, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Trade Agreements, Politics News
John Bruhns

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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Solar Air Heating -- Not Just for Old Hippies?

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Solar Air Heaters, Solar Energy, Genuine Progress Indicator, Solar Power, Windfall Profits Tax, Recs, Economy, Green Energy, Green News
Rebekah and Stephen Hren

With record oil profits and Obama proposing a windfall profits tax to help with winter heating woes, now seems a good time to revisit some old ideas on how best to spend this money.

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NAFTA: America's Energy Solution

Diane Francis | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Alternative Energy, Manhattan Project for Energy, Mexico, Conservation, Obama, Mccain, Canada, U.S., Drill Bans on Federal Lands and Offshore, Democrats, Nafta, Windfall Profits Tax, Power Generation, Hybrids, Oil, Tidal Power, Fuel Efficiencies, Hydro-Electric Power, Natural Gas, Alberta, Newfoundland, Green News
Diane Francis

North America should forget a continental energy policy which will guarantee its economic pre-eminence -- but this will only work if the US imposes strict conservation and Mexico changes its oil policies immediately.

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Hugo Chavez's Very Excellent Windfall Oil Profit Tax

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Petroleos De Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Opec, Commodity Trading, Venezuela, Adam Smith, Windfall Profits, Oil, Windfall Profits Tax, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Hugo Chavez is not a friend of ours, but he does come up with some good ideas, since we are dealing with a commodity that has left all ballast of free market determination far behind.

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