What Liberals Say » Economy

Oil Companies Watch Out!

Hillary Clinton — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:24:25 +0000

“We’ll take on the oil companies and harness their record profits to create millions of clean energy jobs — high-wage jobs you can raise a family on. I’ll end their special tax breaks and give them a choice: invest some of your profits in alternative energy , or we’ll do it for you.”

President controls Gas Prices

Meredith Vieira — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:00:27 +0000

“I’m a little peeved when I hear the President say there’s not much we can do about this [gas prices], folks…Where is his responsibility in all this? Five and a half years, and we’re dealing with these gas prices? It’s ridiculous.”

Oil companies are pirates

Geraldo Rivera — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:56:00 +0000

“Arlen Specter says Congress should consider taxing the windfall profits being reaped by the oil companies, which I think is a no-brainer. These guys aren’t entrepreneurs- they are pirates.”

America is consuming to extinction

Brad Pitt — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:53:02 +0000

“Dependency on oil, look at our gas prices, look at health rates. We just can’t keep consuming ourselves into extinction.”