Lets see, if you go after big oil through taxes and profit grab, what will the response be by big oil? I assume that one of two things will happen and maybe both. My relatives may lose their jobs, and the additional cost to the oil company will be passed on down the line. That is what all companies that provide a product do when their taxes and costs go up. So yes you might get a tax cut, but the cost of products will go up. Why is it ok for our leaders to say that a temporary tax cut on gas is a "gimmick", that is not their money it's mine. Why is that a gimmick? Why is it evil for a company to make millions and billions off of us but it's ok for our government to do it through taxes. Once they get it they wont give it back. What if the people looked at the government and said we are going after your profits. They would raise our taxes to make up the difference. I don't like paying higher prices, but I don't like my taxes going up either. Seems like we dont have a choice on either one. Of course our Government could just take over the oil companies like Venezuela did and cut the price. One last thing. I asked one of my relatives why there was such an oil problem. He said that the problem is we don't have enough refineries. The flow of oil is bottle necked because we don't have enough refineries. We haven't built a refinery since the 70's. Does that make sense. I'm done with the oil talk.