this is the facts

the oil companys are screwing us

fact 1=in 2007,2008 the oil co's made 1300.00+++ a second

fact 2= this means that in 30 seconds they make more money than most seniors on social security make in 1 year

fact 3= it cost the oil co's less than 8.00 a barrel to take it to market and with oil at 126.00+++ a barrel they are making over a 118.00+++ profit.

fact 4= it costs 26 cents a gallon to refine a gal.of gas

fact 5= it costs 25 cents to deliver this gas to the service stations across this nation and in this cost is the profits of the gas stations

fact 6=

40 cents of the price of a gallon of gas goes to state and federal taxes 

fact 7= the oil co's make 70% profit on a gallon of gas

fact 8= the last increase on social security was 2.1% the average monthly increase = approx 18.00 a month

fact 9= during the katrina aftermath oil hit 50.00 a barrel and gas rose to 3.00+++ a gallon

fact 10= since katrina oil has gone up 76.00+++ a barrel and the price of reg.gas today is 3.69 a gallon

now whats wrong with this picture

fact 11= food prices have gone up to record prices and there is shortages around the world and the value of the dollar has shrunk to levels that have not been seen before

fact 12= if we dont vote for change in this election in november then we have only ourselves to blame because if you think its bad now wait till 2009 with the same old crap going on in washington dc

the future of our kids,grandkids,great grand kids are in dire straits if we the 20 million seniors keep the same old politics going in the next 4 to 8  years our kids will pay the price of the same bush,chenny rove,libby,and all the rest of those gop members of congress that have raised the national debt more than all the presidents since the 1940s.in 8 years the debt has gone from 4 trillon in 2001 to 9 trillion in 2008 and counting

sen.obama wants to give us seniors a 18.000.00 raise on the ammount that we can earn ie"32k now to 50k without paying taxes

he also wants to raise the cap on fica so that social security stays solvent.when us seniors were in the work force we paid fica and never complained about putting more of our earnings into social security to help keep it going for our parents and grand parents,now the young people have the same chance to keep this tradition going.it will help all now and help the baby boomers who will have social security when they retire

this is a simple thing to do.forget about the racial divide that still exists in this country and vote in november for the future

thanks and god bless all

rick

n1rg

n1rg9@yahoo.com

im a 70 yr.old white retired areospace engineer

live in tn. now since katrina was from lacombe louisiana