Republican Leaders Challenge Democrats to Lower the Gas Prices

 Before the election of 2006 when Democrats regained control of the house and senate Democrats promised that they had a plan to lower the cost of gas. All we had to do was elect them and they would unveil their secret plan and gas prices would magically be reduced. It hasn’t happened, as a matter of fact gas prices are up over one dollar a gallon since the Democrats took over.

 Here is a press release issued by Pelosi before Democrats took over control of the house and senate:

“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”

 Not only have they failed to deliver, but gas prices have risen exponentially since they regained power. Now Republican leaders are calling out Democrats for their still secret plan to bring down gas prices, wondering when they are going to unveil it. Here are a couple of excerpts from a letter Republican leaders sent to the speaker of the do nothing house:

“Two years ago this week, you stated that House Democrats had a ‘commonsense plan’ to ‘lower gas prices,’ ” the letter said. “In light of the skyrocketing gasoline prices affecting working families and every sector of our struggling economy, we are writing today to respectfully request that you reveal this ‘commonsense plan’ so we can begin work on responsible solutions to help ease this strain.”

“Once a nightmare scenario, $4 gasoline is now a very real possibility of becoming a summer staple,” the letter stated. “In some cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, it is already a startling reality.”

 Nancy Pelosi could not be reached for comment, what a surprise.

 Democrats made many promises to their constituents before the 2006 election and other than raising the minimum wage nothing has been accomplished. They promised to end the war, they haven’t. They promised to reduce the cost of gas, they haven’t.

 It is about time that they were called out for doing absolutely nothing. It is time to hold their feet to the fire. This is a do-nothing congress.

 This is naturally a ploy by house Republicans to bring attention to the fact that the congress has accomplished nothing, but it proves a point. The Democrats knew they could do nothing about the price of gas but they told the people that they could anyway. The only thing raising taxes on oil companies would accomplish is raising the price of gas as companies would pass the additional costs of business on to the consumers.

 There was no secret plan, there is no secret plan, and now the Democrats have been called out. They remain silent. The only way congress can lower gas prices is to eliminate or reduce the federal tax on gas. And we know that ain’t going to happen.

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