Why do we even bother paying taxes? With the spineless representation this Congress offers, we could certainly get away with it! I am tired of being a model citizen, paying my taxes on time, having elitists riding rough’shod all over me and a milquetoast government overseeing NOTHING!

Congress Presses Oil Execs on High Prices

Facing members of Congress unhappy about the soaring price of petroleum, executives from five giant oil companies today sought to portray themselves as part of the energy solution and not the energy problem. [...]

“I believe the laws of supply and demand when it comes to oil and gas are broken and completely malfunctioning,” said Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.). [...]

[Rep. Edward J.] Markey [D-Mass.] defended the House energy tax package that is still awaiting action in the Senate. “You can’t have it both ways Mr. Simon,” Markey said. “You can’t be nickel-and-diming renewables at Exxon Mobil and simultaneously fighting our efforts to move over the resources to renewables to help this country break its dependence on foreign oil.” [...]

“We’re working darn hard. We have a challenge to meet,” said Peter J. Robertson, vice chairman of Chevron Corp. “So life is not easy.”

Rep. Cleaver cited the companies’ high share prices on the stock market and said it didn’t sound like much of a struggle.