Amerca should use its oil reserves and give it to only two companies.

--- "we should [not] give two companies a larger competitive edge over smaller companies, which will, in turn, be forced to lower their gas prices...Smaller, less-wealthy companies, will not be able to make this shift, forcing them to either A) be bought out by another company or B) shut down." + I'm willing among with probably the vast masjority of Americans to see the smaller oil companies pack their bags in an effort to put more money in America's economy and loosen our dependence on foreign oil. I understand what you're saying and I've thought about it a lot. But the American who has lost his job and is getting foreclosed on would benefit. The struggling airlines and bankrupt ones [5 now] copuld grow back into business. There are FAR more important interestes than these small gas companies. And I'm sure most Americans wouldn't mind seeiung some of these evil gas corporations pack their bags as well with their price gauging. They've bathed in their money for long enough. They can either innovate and create new resources, lower their prices, or shut down. It's only fair to the average American. There are far more American businesses, people and employees hurt than small gas companies who can be hurt. --- "one would, eventually, succeed the other - forcing us into a monopoly." + This is ridiculous speculation. WHY would one gas company succeed the other!? As of now all gas companies have generally the same price, barely differing and no gas company is succeeding the other. If two companies had similarly low prices, then why would one succeed the other. It wouldn't! --- "Our country is currently facing a recession, and with depluralization of oil companies many, many workers would need to be laid off. This A) causes large amounts of unemployment, B) puts a large strain on the government through payment of unemployment." + Are you kidding me!? Unemployment is at a huge high. The lowering of gas prices will bring more oil companies, more trucking companies, etc. Bringing more jobs. The big oil companies can take the hit. They've been hitting the American taxpayer for a little less than a decade. It's their turn. --- "and with depluralization of oil companies many, many workers would need to be laid off. " + This is NOT depluralization! There will certainly at least be two gas companies and when the other gas companies are forced into innovating new technologies they will succeed too and so will the American taxpayer. There is NO depluralization. These companies can either innovate for benefit of the American taxpayer or pack up. --- "This claim just exemplifies the point my opponent is trying to make, that forcing unfavorable oil companies to find another source of income or die out is just, however it clearly is not." + So far just this year: 5 airlines have been run out of business, companies are laying off people by the thousands, the lay offs in march were in the hundreds of thousands, airline lay offs are huge, delta just cut their work force in half, car companies are feeling the burn, any company that ships anything anywhere has tremendous loss, causing lay offs, boating companies are feeling the burn, every American feels the burn. Those few affected negatively by my plan pale in comparison to the millions of people this recession will hit globally unless we do saomething fast. Those few convenient store workers, gas station owners, and evil corporate bigwigs can take the punch for the millions of Americans effected by this recession and millions globally effected by a recession of the leading superpower. So as I've clearly shown, giving oil to only two companies would be economically and domestically detrimental because of the removal of pluralization of companies and the large economic strain on the government --- Please consider the average person or average company. If we give oil to two companies we can lower the price significantly instead of in just a small way. This can literally save our economy. Our we can give oil to every person who decides they want to sell gasoline Then the price drops but not significantly enough to do any substantial saving. Please consider the average person instead of the evil gas corporations.