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

--- "you're saying that unemployment is bad, but making more unemployment is good. Bigger companies would NOT take the hit, because there'd be two large companies - much like pepsi and coke - who completely dominate the industry." + No. I am saying that the oil companies' high prices are causing high unemployment. If the oil companies had lower prices then more jobs would be available. Perfectly logical. Not a contradiction. Sorry. --- You brought up, "Taxpayer", with unemployment rates spiking it's only going to hit the taxpayer even harder because he'll need to put more and more of his money into the social welfare programs. + Wow. If I've ever seen ridiculous speculation, then I'm seeing it right here. You're implying that Congress would increase taxes to give more wellfare. This would never happen especially not now. Congress just gave out huge checks. They're not going to take out more money from our pockets. Please be reasonable. --- "You keep using taxpayer as a term to reach out the general conservative audience." + Oh. Thank you for explaining to me what I'M doing. --- "however you haven't shown how there would be any beneficial effect on taxes." + I never said taxes would be lowered or hightened. You simply said they wouldn't. I used the term taxpayer to indicate that they are already spending so much money. --- In fact, there's only a highly detrimental one. Oil prices lowering are good for a small amount of time. + Hmm...Not if we give the company's oil. They'll make more money and they'll be able to sustain low gas prices. And innovating oil companies will either promote new resources, which are available, or die. --- change their business or die. + So I guess the average person is less significant than a few oil companies. --- This is NOT going to be beneficial at all. + I understand your point but lowering gas prices can save our economy. Every aspect of our economy is affected by gas prices as I've mentioned earlier. We could save ourselves from recession. That's more significant than allowing a few oil companies to keep scoring off the American citizen. --- You've accepted the fact that unemployment is a giant detrimental issue, yet you want to institute a plan that would only cause MORE unemployment, + A few oil companies could lay off all of their employees even but that will be a speck compared to the millions who will loose their jobs and homes. Think of the greater good. --- MORE of a strain on our taxpayer's pockets and overall an even worse recession than before. + Why would taxes be raised??? --- With only two companies dominating the market, in the long term prices are going to spike up. Without many different companies to keep the prices low we're going to see gas prices inflate in the future. + You are wildly speculating that one oil company would succeed the other. There is no evidence, theory or even reason to think that. In the long run, more oil companies will be able to compete. The other companies are not being banned from selling oil. Just loosing an advantage for a while. "Those convenience store owners, gas station owners, oil drillers, oil manufacturers, oil warehouse workers, oil company owners and American who drives a car that uses gasoline can take the punch for a nonexistant crowd of people." --- Your entire case is ludicrous, based off of a faulty plan which will only create massive unemployment + The gas company jobs are significant lesser than the average jobs. What about UPS, FedEx, the Air Force, school buses, airlines, etc. Theyy have to use gasoline and are laying people off in huge numbers. 5 airlines have already shut down this year. --- end up spiking the price of gas even higher + Giving free oil to gas companies will spike oil higher? Please explain. --- and create a giant governmental and domestic strain to help pay for social programs such as unemployment and welfare. + Oh because now everybody's fine? We shouldn't act to stop the recession? Just live and learn? --- World Oil prices are at an all time high, so if the United States is to give away such a hot commodity, versus selling it to American companies (more than two) + If we sell it to the companies, then the prices won't drop. The oil reserves are to be given away in times of emergency...THIS IS THAT TIME. --- or saving it for when we really need the oil boost + We've used the oil reserves before. Oil is at an ALL TIME HIGH, inflation accounted for. This is the time to use whatever resource we can to lower gas prices. If we don't need lower gas prices now, then the concept of needing lower prices will never be usable. --- My opponent says that taxpayer dollars will be increased because of wellfare costs but no legislature is going to approve of higher taxes. --- My opponent says that many jobs will be lost, which is of course true, but the jobs saved will be far greater. --- Let's not forget that companies already have alternative resources. BP has alternative resources but logically decide not to give them because they have an established infrastructure and are making incredible sums of money. They will give out their source immediately to stay in business and other companies will try to innovate as well so they can continue to compete. --- My opponent says that gas prices will spike up but if you give the companies oil then they will obviously be able to lower prices significantly. --- Here's the thing! I agree that the oil jobs loss would be upsetting and generally unfortunate. However, already hundreds of thousands have been laid off in March alone. Congress has proposed a stimulus plan to give $600 to every person. The recession is still considered inevitable. It is time to take significant action. Already 5 airlines have been shut down this year. The job loss is tremendous. Trucking companies are laying people off tremendously. The job loss is so huge and it is primarily due to high gas prices. If we give our oil to every company then the price drop will only be small between companies. If we give our oil to only two companies, then the price drop will be great and more jobs will be created and so will more revenue. Our economy can literally be saved. And our dependence on foreign oil will be forever loosened. *** I hope you side with the greater good instead of the lesser jobs. Thank you for reading.