Blah, blah? Congress grills oil execs. over profits

A Saudi oil refinery - one of America's most important

Today, members of Congress are defending the American populace by questioning oil executives about high gasoline prices. I'm sorry, but, whatever.

This year America is going to spend about $500 billion purchasing foreign oil. That doesn't even count the military and coast guard costs of securing and transporting that oil back to the US - a number that would easily surpass the $18 billion in oil tax breaks that some in Congress are seeking to collect.

Perhaps if Congress, and every President over the last few decades, hadn't colluded with the Pentagon to subsidize the real cost of foreign oil dependency, there wouldn't be a need for such a conversation. In fact, instead of grilling oil executives, someone should be grilling Congress about why they've been lying and deceiving the American people about the real costs of foreign oil dependency for so long.