[mountainlion]

Benefits of Drill here Drill here could put this country awash in energy and finances. If the futures markets were selling USA oil fuel would be cheap and plentiful and the futures would be outsiders buying of oil and our price would be cheap and stable. Politicians would lose control and we would be safe.

[NCC-1701]

“...Politicians would lose control...”

That’s what it boils down to. Pols don’t want to lose control. Without power and control, they are nothing, worthless. They want to exert as much control over our lives as they can. They need to be reminded of one very important fact, they are OUR employees. We are NOT their’s.