I must have hit on a nerve and as usual the only facts you present are the ones in your mind, Speculation drives up the price of a drum of crude oil at least 27dollars per drum, that is not the only cost associated with speculating on just one commodity crude oil. Any cost associated with the crude is passed on to the consumer that includes other life essential needs like food, clothing. Your attempts to minimize ther impact of speculation on life essential needs indicates just how greedy you are, the republicans attempts to block regulation shows their loyalty to the rich
Undoubtedlt you will reply using your factless talking points, some of the rich use their money to steal from every one especially the poor and elderly, The Koch Brothers are the money behind the tea baggers, the republicans have been and are waging a war against the poor and middle class of our country
Did you really work in the private sector? If so how many people did you screw? You hate corporations so much yet retired off a pension from one of those evil corporations. Why?
You really don't seem to understand personal responsibility and choice. Don't buy from companies that you believe are screwing the public but realize that many seniors get dividends to supplement SS from those evil oil companies and millions of Americans have jobs due to those evil corportions but that means you would have to think beyond your partisanship.
Do you really care about the "little people?" Why not where their contributions are going? How many people do you believe those contributions could have helped out of poverty
Leading Union Political Campaign Contributors: 1990-2010
Union and contribution to political party, Democrats first column and Republicans Second number
Democrats Republicans
American Fed. of State, County, & Municipal Employees $40,281,900 $ 547,700
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 29,705,600 679,000
National Education Association 27,679,300 2,005,200
Service Employees International Union 26,368,470 98,700
Communication Workers of America 26,305,500 125,300
Service Employees International Union 26,252,000 1,086,200
Laborers Union 25,734,000 2,138,000
American Federation of Teachers 25,682,800 200,000
United Auto Workers 25,082,200 182,700
Teamsters Union 24,926,400 1,822,000
Carpenters and Joiners Union 24,094,100 2,658,000
Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union 23,875,600 226,300
United Food and Commercial Workers Union 23,182,000 334,200
AFL-CIO 17,124,300 713,500
Sheet Metal Workers Union 16,347,200 342,800
Plumbers & Pipefitters Union 14,790,000 818,500
Operating Engineers Union 13,840,000 2,309,500
Airline Pilots Association 12,806,600 2,398,300
International Association of Firefighters 12,421,700 2,685,400
United Transportation Workers 11,807,000 1,459,300
Ironworkers Union 11,638,900 936,000
American Postal Workers Union 11,633,100 544,300
Nat'l Active & Retired Fed. Employees Association 8,135,400 2,294,600
Seafarers International Union 6,726,800 1,281,300