Government, Not The Oil Industry, Is The

What The Founding Fathers Created In The Constitution Is The Most Magnificent Government On The Face Of The Earth, And The Reason Is This: Because It Was Intended To Preserve The American Society And The American Spirit, Not To Transform It Or Destroy It.

Government, Not The Oil Industry, Is The Biggest 'profiteer' From Oil. And It Uses The Tax Revenue To Expand Its Own Authority At The Expense Of The Individual, As It Does With An Endless Number Of Other Industries - Including Electric Power, Coal, Lumber, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Aircraft, And Agriculture. The Statist's Intrusion To The Free Market Is Boundless.

Today, No Less Than Five Supreme Court Justices Are On Record, Either Through Their Opinions Or Speeches (or Both), That They Will Consult Foreign Law And Foreign-court Rulings For Guidance In Certain Circumstances. Of Course, Policymakers Are Free To Consult Whatever They Want, But Not Justices. They're Limited To The Constitution And The Law.

Moreover, It Is Difficult To Reconcile Hobbes’s Distrust For The Individual With His Confidence In The Altruistic Nature Of The Individual Or Individuals Who Will Oversee And Control The Leviathan. Are Not The Latter Also Of Flesh And Blood? Hobbes Seems To Be Saying That Man’s Nature Cannot Be Trusted But The Nature Of A Ruler Or A Ruling Assembly Of Men Can Be Trusted. How So?

The Oil Industry Is Hardly Free To Operate As Efficiently As It Could Or To Be As Responsive To Consumer Demands As It Would Like. It Has Become, In Essence, A Quasi-state-run Enterprise, Because It Cannot Drill, Transport, Refine, And Store Fuel Without Receiving Government Permission, Complying With Government Regulations, And Paying Taxes At Every Level Or Production.