Has Beverly Perdue picked up a bad meme?
In a statement yesterday opposing offshore oil drilling in North Carolina, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee borrowed a line of attack from her party's presidential candidates:
President Bush has cozied up to the oil companies with tax breaks and all they have given us is $4 dollar a gallon gas, while our focus should be on developing green energy alternatives to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
The tax-breaks-for-big-oil line was frequently used in the presidential primary, but FactCheck.org says it's not correct.
The Web site reports that a vast majority of the subsidies in the 2005 energy bill were for "nuclear power, energy-efficient cars and buildings, and renewable fuels research" — some of the very things that Perdue says the government should focus on.
In addition, it notes that the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service found that while the bill had $2.6 billion in tax cuts for oil and gas companies, it also had $2.9 billion in tax hikes — a net increase of $300 million over 11 years in taxes for oil and gas companies.
Hat Tip: Doug Clark
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Re: Perdue tax-break line not quite true
Perdue's pandering falls in line with Barack's rhetoric and the mentality of many Americans. I am not saying liberal are idiots or anything of the sorts. The problem is simply this. Politicans play to the general ignorance of Americans and lines like this categorize half truths aimed at electing onself. In other words, Perdue is lying to North Carolina in attempts to scare us to vote for her. Thanks that is exactly the type of leader we need in this state.