Don't let Chevron Corn Whole-sale you

Admittedly I am more than a casual Talk Radio listener. In the past weeks I have been struck not by the various hot shot mouth pieces, but a curious and constant Anti-Prop 87 commercial. My political DNA would normally push me to a "NO" vote with or without any urging by political ads. The historical track record of government leading positive change is pretty poor.

However, I am going to check the "yes" box this time and it is probably for the same reason I am going to vote for the Libertarian candidate for governor (whoever that is). It is a protest vote. The harsh reality is that Big Oil has a strangle hold on the poltiical process, bought and paid for by you and I at the "price protected pump". Apparently, Chevron (one of the sponsors of the anit-87 ads) has enough cash left over from the past few record quarters to fund these ads.

OIL IS A COMMODITY, CORN IS A COMMODITY...the difference is;

If you were a farmer who grew corn and you and 4 other farmers were the only farmers of corn in the country AND...

The 5 of you owned the harvesting machines that picked the corn AND...

The 5 of you owned the trucks that took the harvested corn to the whole-seller AND...

The 5 of you owned the Wholesale markets And...

The 5 of you owned the distribution centers that brought the corn to the retailers AND...

The 5 of you owned the majority of the Retail stores where the corn was sold

You can be assured that Corn would cost alot more that 25 cents an ear during the peak season (August) when Americans are bar-b-que crazy

A VOTE FOR PROP. 87 may not provide the alternative, but given how hard Chevron is fighting it,...there must be something to it!

The fact that the 4 billion may be passed along to us (over 4 years) seem like a lot. Let's break this down;

40,000,000 Californians
more than half drive'
14 gallon capacity (average tank)
Fill Up once a week
52 weeks in a year
20,000,000 x 14 (gal) x 52 (weeks) x 4 (years)= 58,240,000,000 gallons
divided by 4,000,000,000 (the propositions tax) = 14.56 cents a gallon

I'll pay 15 cents for the hope of an alternative

The feds gave the Oil companies a 1.9 billion tax cut (annually) to research alternatives...you know what they found out?

We will need Oil for at least the next 30-50 years and there is no viable alternative on the horizon.

FOX WATCHING THE HEN HOUSE....No Thanks!