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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Here's a idea, why not just give the $100 directly to the oil companies so they can "earn" even higher record profits next year  I get that most could use the $100, but the effect of it is just subsidizing the oil companies even more than they are now and does nothing to lower the price of fuel. |
It's pretty goofball, isn't it? Obviously, it's just a scheme to make the stupider among us think good thoughts about the republican senators who proposed the idea.
Here's my view: If the government can afford to hand out money to everybody, it shouldn't have taken that money in the first place.