“I destroy America and help Chavez
and every terrorist. Is not life great?”
Posted on 04/10/2011 12:51:29 PM PDT by John Semmens
Calling higher prices “a key incentive for conserving,” President Obama told an audience of 500 employees at the Gamesa Technology Corp., a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania, that “we need to get used to higher gas prices for the sake of our environment.”
“There is no gain without at least a little pain,” the President argued. “Paying a few dollars more at the pump will encourage people to cut back on unnecessary trips and use public transit when they have to travel. If we’re going to save the planet we all have to make sacrifices.”
As an example of what a person could do, the President cited the fact that “I work from a home office. I’m not driving to work, burning hydrocarbons, adding to traffic congestion and air pollution. And when I find I do have to go out I never drive alone. I always carpool with a couple of bodyguards. If others would just do the same even if only for one or two days a week we’d make a significant contribution to solving our environmental problems. So, just think of higher fuel prices as kind of a ‘stick’ to help persuade more people to make the changes in their behavior that are required to clean the air.”
“Of course, the upside for you here at Gamesa is that when people can’t afford the high cost of fossil fuels they’ll be buying your products,” Obama pointed out. “That’ll mean more jobs and more profits for you.”
Meanwhile, back in Washington, Republicans warned that high energy prices could lead to a “double dip” recession. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex) reminded the President that “higher prices for energy means businesses will have to make cuts elsewhere—maybe hire fewer workers or lay off some they already employ. If consumers have to pay more for gas they’ll have less to spend on other things. The businesses that sell these other things will have lower revenues with which to employ people. This can only make a weak economy worse.”
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If the dollar tanks due to Obama’s failed fiscal and monetary policy, then the price of gas will at least double from these levels.
How much pain is this turd and all his turd buddies suffering?
The high gas prices are bad enough, but then when a person looks at food and clothing prices that goes up because of the price of gas and it makes it worse.
If these perfumed princes lived in the real world and had to endure the hardships that this regime caused, they would be the first to piss and moan.
This reminds me of Jimmy Carter suggesting everyone “get used to” high oil prices and wear a sweater.
President urges inflation... all part of his death to America.
President urges inflation... all part of his death to America.
Kinda like Clintoon sayin',
"Better put some ice on that!"
“And because America is obese; these high food prices are an incentive to not eat.”
Yes and soon we will have the cleanest environment OF ANY THIRD WORLD COUNTRY!!! This guy is either really dense or purposely trying to destroy this Nation.
“I destroy America and help Chavez
and every terrorist. Is not life great?”
You know, I really try not to hate, but this man is making me hate him more and more everyday by extreme degrees.
At least Carter boycotted the Moscow Olympics and Clinton swore off Monica after Hillary slapped him, but this a$$hole Obama (Soetoro? Dunham?) is now, without a doubt, the worst POTUS in history.
“Paying a few dollars more at the pump will encourage people to cut back on unnecessary trips and use public transit when they have to travel. If we’re going to save the planet we all have to make sacrifices.”
Keep it up Obama, the nails in your coffin are looking mighty good.
The voters will be the final judges.
And Presidential family vacations? Obama could carpool for 10 years and he wouldn't make up for the energy used in the last 18 months of vacations...
Because you know all those goods in the stores can just be taken there on public transit...
what an idiot environazi this fake is...
Sounds like a line from a WWII movie.
Come on people, Obama’s got some Volts to sell. /s
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