The low fuel costs associated with the low oil prices are also a boom to a cripled economy.
IF ever there was something government should subsidize or provide help too, it would be the energy market. But alas, this goes against the ideology.
Low energy prices makes America more competitive globally
Low energy prices puts more money in the pockets of the economic engine of America
Low crude prices hurts our enemies economically
Some tax incentives or subsidies to the energy industry would could keep driving production and energy until America took more of the saturated market share.
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Glad I left Houston last year before this began.