A Real Energy Policy:

We must develop an Energy Policy that works for all Americans - not just the oil industry! The first energy bill that was brought forward by President Bush, Representative Miller and the old neo-con Congress provided billions of dollars in tax breaks for the Oil Industry. Congress is STILL giving millions in tax breaks to oil companies, while big oil is wallowing in gluttonous record-breaking profits. Giving tax breaks for oil companies when oil has topped $100 a barel and gas is threatening to climb to four dollars a gallion? It makes no sense.
The only incentives for consumers contained in that old neo-con energy bill were tax incentives to buyers of advanced technology vehicles. While this will help to lower the cost of these vehicles and expand sales, it still allows the auto and parts manufacturers to source these vehicles and their key components from overseas facilities. That means our federal government is granting tax breaks that subsidize the production of foreign vehicles and components, using your hard earned tax dollars.

You are subsidizing the purchase of Japanese-made vehicles!

Congresswoman Miller claims to represent your interests, yet voted to approve the Bush-Cheney energy bill. This bill gave the tax breaks to foreign-made vehicles and to the oil industry. Of course, Rep. Miller received campaign contributions from the oil industry's lobby, the maximum allowed by law! Coincidence? Rep. Miller rubber-stamped the energy bill created by Dick Cheney and several unnamed others behind the closed doors of the Vice President's office. Freedom of Information Act filings asking who participated in composing the Bush energy bill were ignored by the Administration. It's been suggested that the CEO of defunct Enron helped compose the bill. Whoever wrote it, Representative Miller voted for its passage. The Bush Administration's national energy policy became law, (Jun 2004). As previously noted, Rep. Miller also voted yes on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy, (Nov 2003). That's teamwork, but what an awful team!

As your Congressman, I would eliminate the tax breaks given to the oil industry. While they have set record profits, quarter after quarter, the price of gas has skyrocketed. Worry over an unsettled Middle East and the war on Iraq continue to make fuel unaffordable.
If elected, I would modify the tax incentive to apply only to advanced technology vehicles assembled in the U.S., from a majority of U.S. made components. I would expand this tax incentive to include vehicles which run on alternative fuels such as E85, biodiesel, compressed natural gas and hydrogen. I would also support tax incentives for the improving the infrastructure to support the alternative fuels. We must work to end our dependence on foreign fossil fuels - our environment and our national security depend on it!