Beyond the economic and independence arguments, which are good ones, there’s also the fact that oil money, by and large, sponsors terrorism and jihad.
If OPEC lowers their prices (as they would most certainly do), that’s less money for mayhem.
It also wouldn’t be a bad idea to legislate that all gasoline tax money must go directly to road maintenance. I’d go so far as to eliminate new road construction coming out of this fund, but definitely eliminate railroad/transit subsidies, general fund disbursements, etc. Our roads and related infrastructure need help and the gasoline tax is where the money should come from.
Well said. We just need to elect the people who will do it...and that’s on us.
I believe, depsite all the hand wroinging, that the American people are sick and ttired of this anti-American prsident and his policies.
I hope and pray it results in a route in 2012, that he and the vipers with him are routed out of office and sent packing on a rail.