Why have gasoline prices doubled under Obama?
millermedia
2012/04/13 12:59:08
|
|
|||||
|
11 votes
|
|
29% | ||
|
2 votes
|
|
5% | ||
|
2 votes
|
|
5% | ||
|
4 votes
|
|
11% | ||
|
19 votes
|
|
50% | ||
Under President Obama, gas prices have more than doubled -- from an average of $1.85 on Inauguration Day 2009 to $3.92 this past week.
That means the average American family is paying $2,200 more per year in gas today than when Obama came into office. And that is only the increased spending on gas. As gas prices increase, the cost of just about every other product increases as well.
And Obama is largely to blame...
That’s because instead of taking action to dramatically expand American energy production, Obama has resisted new offshore drilling, rejected the Keystone pipeline that would give America access to Canada’s vast oil reserves, and kept much of our known domestic oil reserves off limits.
Obama is so opposed to significant increases in domestic oil production that he goes so far as to claim that “increased [domestic] production doesn’t lower gas prices.” Instead, the President has once again "doubled down" on his so-called Green Energy agenda -- an agenda that already is over-funded by our tax dollars with little return in actual energy productio
The fact is, Obama’s energy policies have damaged our economy by putting a stranglehold on American energy - - driving up gas prices, taking away American jobs and worsening our dependence on foreign oil.
The key to our energy independence is not more wind farms or taxpayer-funded Solyndra boondoggles or crazy EPA "work at home" guidelines. It's much simpler -- AMERICA MUST PRODUCE MORE OF OUR OWN OIL AND NATURAL GAS! And the Left's claim that we lack the natural resources is simply not true. Analysts say Canada and the U.S. together have 400-800 YEARS of recoverable oil resources!
Plus, domestic oil production creates jobs and strengthens our economy. A former Chief Economist at the U.S. Trade Commission says that doubling our domestic oil production would add 2.5 million jobs and $250 billion to our economy -- and cut our dependency on foreign oil and the terrorist-laden oil producing nations in half.
Top Opinion
-
Dave**Gay for Girls** 2012/04/13 13:56:09
You have make an excellent point supporting why we should get rid of all US Oil Companies and turn this commodity over to the Government.
http://money.cnn.com/pf/featu...
This is also a case for less tax per gallon and letting pipelines do their thing as opposed to making Warren Buffet a wealthier man through his train monopoly. Who is wholly supported by the regime as one of their favorite talking heads.
Starting to see a trend? We get to pay for the Oil Company Profits at the pump and are at the mercy of the Wall Street Speculators. Oil is a necessity not just a commodity. It SHOULD be Government Owned.
Gas prices are much in socialist utopia Europe and we all see that you and people like you need Obama to carry you there.
In the real world, these prices stink and Obama is getting blamed.
Really? He's been blamed for everything from the weather to anal warts. While he IS accountable for what happens on his watch, he hasn't caused the energy problem. The first energy company to exploit methane under the continental shelf will fix everything for you folks in the civilized world. Anyway, we know who's fault it really is...
There was a time when a Captain was responsible for what happens on his watch. That time has passed in the good old USA, and that's a shame.
Oh, here's a message from another universe!
"You may inform the nitwit above whom I have blocked that President Obama has issued as many drilling permits as President Bush and is on track to exceed Bush's number of permits by the end of his first term."
He's right you know!!
That penis-noggin would know this had he took the time to look it up.
That way there was a chance of both of you to learn something.