Democrat Boren Slaps Obama on Energy Tax Hikes

On Tuesday, President Obama urged Congress to raise taxes on energy firms by ditching the ability of oil companies to take advantage of certain tax provisions– a move he no doubt expected to be greeted with enthusiasm by members of his party and the liberal base, but which earned him a slap from Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.).

Via the Tulsa World:

Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Boren said Obama just needs to be quiet.

“Americans are tired of empty rhetoric on both sides and want a real plan,” Boren said. “If the president doesn’t want to stand up and be a leader, then his silence would be appreciated from people who are trying to find solutions.”

Boren described Obama as completely uninformed about the oil and gas industry.

“The industry is not made up of just major companies,” he said. “It is made up of small independent firms like those in Oklahoma that produce a vast majority of our domestic production.”

For every CEO of a major company, Boren said, there are thousands of blue-collar jobs that are affected by the Obama administration’s energy policy.

“It is a policy that is very inadequate and has left so many on the Gulf Coast unemployed.” Boren said.