tax breaks

I keep seeing republican pundits on TV saying that stimulus doesn't work, but also that you can't raise taxes on the rich in a recession. Well, it's just not true. Is this really so hard to figure out? I understand why republicans are making the argument, I just don't understand why anyone...

Uhhh, thanks? Because oil companies just eat the additional taxes instead of passing it on, and expanded refining capacity and domestic drilling are useless to keep prices low and generate oil in places that are not the mideast.