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LonePirate

(14,374 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:58 PM 16 hrs ago

The first bill passed by the Dem House in '29 should be a windfall profits tax bill on oil and gas companies.

The prices of oil and natural gas (and by extension gasoline and home heating oils) are not going down anytime soon, possibly not at all this year. Consequently, US oil and gas companies are near the beginning of a very long streak of windfall profits thanks to this idiotic war and the Imbecile in Chief. When Dems take control of the US House in November, the first bill they should pass in January should be a windfall profits bill on these oil and gas companies. They should eliminate almost all deductions for these companies and then impose a massive tax rate (75% if not more) on their profits. Also, the bill should redirect those taxes to become refund checks for American taxpayers. Challenge the US Senate, regardless of which party controls it, to pass the bill and then dare that moron in the Oval Office to defy the American people by vetoing it.

House Dems need to go for the jugular and prove to the country whose side they are on and start cleaning up the messes created since January 20, 2025.

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The first bill passed by the Dem House in '29 should be a windfall profits tax bill on oil and gas companies. (Original Post) LonePirate 16 hrs ago OP
Retroactive! 3825-87867 16 hrs ago #1
That should be the SECOND bill passed in 2029 Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #2
Flat tax on billionaires with zero deductions. multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #3
No Thanks. DenaliDemocrat 11 hrs ago #4

Fiendish Thingy

(23,358 posts)
2. That should be the SECOND bill passed in 2029
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:44 PM
15 hrs ago

The FIRST bill passed should be the bill that expands SCOTUS to a minimum of 13 seats, and codifies ethical rules for the justices into law, with fines and suspension for violations/
lack of compliance.

Without expanding the court (and killing the filibuster to do so), any legislation other than budget bills can be blocked in the senate, or if somehow miraculously passed, could be overturned by the Roberts court.

multigraincracker

(37,738 posts)
3. Flat tax on billionaires with zero deductions.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:38 AM
12 hrs ago

No capital gains, just count it all as income for them.
Just for starters.

DenaliDemocrat

(1,781 posts)
4. No Thanks.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:51 AM
11 hrs ago

I pay enough for gas. The oil and gas companies had nothing to do with this. Oil was at $60/barrel. This is the same logic of the people who think we should quit leasing BLM land to ranchers and turn Buffalo
Loose. No. Hamburger is $7/lb. Please don’t make it $10.

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