Today's progressive economics quiz

It's a satirical quiz - choose your answer from the typical liberal progressive point of view (#1) or the more common sense and practical answer (#2), which (I thought it might be apparent) is more my own view.

Calm down, read, and listen before you leap into the insults.

But it's OK, there will be more quiz questions coming on Homeland (In)Security and Progressive Economics for you to test your knowledge.

Roger Merryfield
Midwest Voices 2008

Really? How about if you factor in the reason it's at that level is because:

1 - not a single new refinery has been built in America for over 3 decades?

2 - since 1985, the domestic output of oil has fallen 40%, due to government restrictions on domestic drilling, while at the same time exposing us far more to the whims of the OPEC masters and simpleton thugs like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, last seen French-kissing Sean Penn and Danny Glover in personal meetings, among other Hollywood morons?

3 - Based on the following, how on Earth did you get to be a panelist?

"1) No one in private industry profits from it (or government can seize them if they do), at least 10% is taxes that cannot be reduced, the price discourages other people from driving and therefore conserves energy and preserves the environment."

First no one is ALLOWED to PROFIT? Do you have any inkling what 'capitalism' means? How about we ensure YOU don't profit from whatever you do, just ensure you make enough to survive at the national poverty level - anything over and we'll 'seize it'. And the 'at least 10% is taxes that cannot be reduced'?? Where did you pull that figure from?

You, sir, would have no clue on how geophysicists explore for oil, what the oil field workers have to do to actually drill for it, the expenses oil companies face, etc, etc. Yet you sit there with your mouth open waiting to be fed like a baby bird, insistent on being fed according to conditions acceptable to YOU, without any real knowledge of what you're talking about.

I'm embarrassed for you.