Maxine “Chavez” Waters - Socialize Oil INdustry
Congresswoman threatens to nationalize oil industry
Maxine Waters warns Shell president in House committee hearing
In a grilling of oil executives by a House panel yesterday, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., threatened to nationalize the industry if it didn’t do something about the rising prices at the pump.
A report by Fox News, captured in a clip posted on YouTube.com, showed Waters challenging the president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, to guarantee the prices consumers pay will go down if the oil companies are allowed to drill wherever they want off of U.S. shores.
Waters responded, in part, “And guess what this liberal would be all about. This liberal will be about socializing … uh, um. …”
The congresswoman paused to collect her thoughts.
“Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies. …”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111
Madame Hillary has spoken in the past of controlling oil industry profits. Obama sees the oil industry as the enemy, not OPEC and certainly not Congress.
What happens if gas prices hit $5.00 or more per gallon, will enough Americans see the Waters “Chavez Legislation” of the federal government taking control of this key industry as a good idea? I wonder!