One week after the hurricane inflicted devastation of biblical proportions on the Gulf Coast, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the total tab for the federal government may top $150 billion. At the same time, senators in both parties said they suspect price gouging by oil companies in the storm's aftermath.
The totally out-of-touch senators, whose human contact in America apparently seems restricted to staffers and Lobbyists are just now figuring that out? Even the language of their statement "suspect price gouging", ummm, Fucking Duh.
Perhaps it's time to help fund the long-term hurricane recovery recovery efforts with a Windfall Profits Tax that by law can't be passed on to consumers in future energy prices. That might make them think twice before gouging and raise a little cash for the massive efforts that will be undertaken in the future...
