NJ Legislators Say Oil Companies Are Bad

If ever there was evidence to show how New Jersey Democrats are anti-business, Assmeblymen Jeff Van Drew and Nelson Albano are the poster boys. Yesterday, in an effort to pass more feelgood legislation, Van Drew stated:

The oil companies are the bad guys

Good going there, Mr. Van Drew. And I suppose you and Mr. Albano are the guys in the white hats. Blech!

They’ve made more profit than they ever have in their history — ever.

That is because the price per barrel is higher than it has been in its history — ever. According to an MSNBC article two weeks ago,

Though the market price for oil has doubled in the past two years, the cost of producing each new barrel hasn’t gone up much. That means most the rise in price is pure profit. That’s why big oil companies have been reporting huge profit gains in the past year.

Yup, that cost per barrel makes the oil companies bad. How did you ever become a representative when your knowledge of the market is so lacking?

Van Drew and Albano are pushing more legislation to ban self-serve at the pump in the Garden State. For almost 60 years, New Jersey has banned self-serve, but that is not good enough for the attention-grabbing assmeblymen. No, they want more legislation (with their names attached to it) to clutter the agenda.

Yes, we all know that Governor Corzine has announced he wants self-serve. Is it not enough Mssrs. Van Drew and Albano to criticize your governor? Why do we need more legislation? Is the law banning self-serve not enough? It seems like it has worked for 60 years. Nothng has changed in the law books to make it legal now.

Why the new legislation?

These two should have their salaries docked for yesterday. This kind of legislation is useless and furthermore, it is wasteful.

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One Response to “NJ Legislators Say Oil Companies Are Bad”

  1. By Bob on May 3, 2006

    Given that Governor Corzine pulled his ill-conceived idea of self-serve, I wonder if the media boys from the first district will continue with their nonsensical legislation.

    Certainly, what they proposed was not merely in response to the governor. Surely they feel strongly about what they took time to place onto their public agenda.

    I find no mention of a bill on the NJ Legislature’s web site. Sometimes it takes a few days so perhaps it’s not up yet.

    Stay tuned for more on the media boys.

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