2007-03-17

aflcio.org

And it seems to never end?

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Big Oil May Scam Taxpayers for Millions More—Stay Tuned

by Stephanie Taylor, Sep 24, 2006

From the AFL-CIO community affiliate Working America, Stephanie Taylor brings this latest Big Oil tax scam to our attention.

High gas prices keep hitting working families hard. Oil companies have been posting record profits.

Now there’s a shocking new report of yet another way that oil companies are scamming millions from American taxpayers—while the Bush administration does nothing to stop it.

According to the New York Times, the Bush Interior Department allegedly blocked efforts by its own auditors to collect millions of dollars in royalties from oil companies—money that rightfully belonged to American taxpayers.

When companies extract oil or gas from federal lands and coastal waters, they are required to pay the government a royalty between 12 percent and 16 percent of their profits. The point is to reimburse taxpayers for the use of their land.

Interior Department auditors examine the records and receipts of those companies to make sure taxpayers receive their fair share and take steps to collect any money that is owed. From 1989 through 2001, these audits and other enforcement efforts collected an average of $176 million a year.

But the department’s own statistics show that after President Bush took office, the revenue from auditing and enforcement plummeted. From 2002 though 2005, auditors collected an average $46 million a year. That’s about $130 million less a year in the pockets of American taxpayers.

Now, four auditors are suing the Interior Department. They say their bosses stopped them from pursuing more than $30 million in royalties. Says Bobby Maxwell, one of the auditors:

    The agency has lost its sense of mission, which is to protect the American taxpayers. These are assets that belong to the American public, and they are supposed to be used for things like education, public infrastructure and roadways.

In response to these allegations of fraud, what action has the Bush administration taken? None.

In fact, the Interior Department announced that it would not try to recover $1.3 billion more in royalties that the government lost because of “flawed” oil and gas leases.

As Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) said:

    If things keep going like this, we’re going to need two sets of handcuffs: one for the oil companies and one for the bureaucrats.

By the way, the oil and gas industries donated $2,596,725 to the Bush Presidential Campaign in 2004, according to OpenSecrets.org. That’s why the AFL-CIO and its allies like Working America are asking the question: “When will the Bush administration stop working for Exxon—and start working for us?”

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Tags: royalties, oil, gas prices, Exxon, Interior Department, Bush
Channels: Corporate Greed, Bush & Co.

John H Nelson
3/15/2007
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2006-11-14

Dear Friends

I am living in Milwaukie Oregon now and doing much better. The smog was just to much for me in the Riverside basin. I miss my daughter and her wonderful family so very much. She is doing much better now working with live stock and high school students has a way of healing and help in forgetting lifes hard ships. Keep us all in your prayers as we will yours. We all know that the LORD has a plan and that we are all very much apart of it. So Walk your walk and always keep your faith.
Prayers always John H.

<P>My Brother passed away March 3rd at 3:AM. GOD bless all of you that helped so much with all your prayers and kind words.</P>

2006-05-14

Deep Thoughts

What was  an "AMERICAN"?
When did we become a bunch of brain washed followers?

2006-01-28

Home problems

Sorry to have to leave you in the 3step programs as an ex member. I have to consider my family first and we
just have to much going on right now and no let up in the mear futhur. GOD bless you one and ALL
John H. Nelson
aka abilityplus
www.thyfriends.net
01/28/2006

2006-01-25

Truth is?

2006-01-03

Teacher Said it!

Young boy comes home from school and the first word out of his mouth is my teacher said that the 25th of Decemeber is for getting gifts from Santa. What is the world comming too. Is the TRUTH what we are told?
With all the hype in the world today just how much is the TRUTH.
John Henry Nelson
aka abilityplus
truthdot.com
01/03/2006 2:53 Pst.

2006-01-01

bye 2005 hello 2006

Well I can hear the gun fire and fire works as I write this comment.

1. Question? What will we lose this year?
   
2. How much truth will the gov tell us?

• John Henry Nelson aka abilityplus
• truthdot.com 01/01/2006 12:01  PM
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2005-12-30

GOD and truth

Did God Create Evil?

The university professor challenged his students with this question:

"Did God create everything that exists? "

A student bravely replied, "Yes, he did!"

"God created everything?" the professor asked.

"Yes sir," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil
since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we
are, then God is evil."

The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that
he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question
professor?"

"Of course," replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

The professor replied, "Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?"

The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the
laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat.

Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy,
and heat is what makes a body, or matter, have or transmit energy. Absolute zero
(- 460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat. Cold does not exist. We have
created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat.

The student continued. "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir. Darkness does not exist
either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light, we can study, but
not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many
colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure
darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and
illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the
amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to
describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor. "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said.
We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It
is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These
manifestations are nothing else but evil."

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not
exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness
and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.

God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not
have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there
is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name --- Albert Einstein

John  Henry Nelson

aka abilityplus

truthdot.com

12/30/2005 5:30 Pm Pacific

2005-12-27

Truth today and yesterday

Truth today seems to be what we have been taught or lead to believe in our hearts.
John H. Nelson
truthdot.com
12/27/2005

2005-12-22

Truth

Wow what a  POWERFUL little word.
What is thetruth.com check it out.
John H Nelson
truthdot.com
12/27/2005

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