.....yes, we are not suppose to discuse politics so I won't mention any particular party; BUT the bottom line is that one political party is FOR offshore drilling & FOR drilling in Alaska and the other party is AGAINST It!!! If we were to drill in Alaska & offshore the price of oil would plummit because of increased supply..... Some in the 'against party' also want to increase taxes on the oil company's profits. Money that is used on research & development. Research & development that will lead to more supply which will lead to cheaper oil. Money that is used to hire more employees for research & development, which will lead to improving the economy by lowering the unemployment rate. 'They' also want to raise the tax rate on dividend income from 15% back to 35%. Which will lead to less money being reinvested in the economy. Yes, raise the tax rate on dividends when dividend income is ALREADY taxed TWICE! Yes, they tax corporations on their profits, then the corporations pay out dividends to shareholders {the owners of the company's} & then the shareholders are taxed on the money AGAIN! The economy WILL improve by people reinvesting their money in the economy NOT by the government taxing people more so they {the govenment} can spend more on 'free be' programs. 'Free be' programs DON'T stimulate the economy! Company's & shareholders do it by reinvesting in the economy!!!! And while I'm on it, another thing, is the 'other party' wants to raise the capital gains rate on stock sales, home sales, etc. Well when you raise capital gains rates people DON'T sell their investments because they don't want to pay the rediculously high taxes. So they just hold them. If they hold them nothing gets reinvested in the economy. If capital gains rates stay low then people sell assets, pay their tax {which helps the govenments deficite} & then reinvest the procedes in another investment, which in turn helps the economy....... & so on..... I'm done... Good nite.... Bill