[Redmen4ever]

By opening up ANWR, we immediately gain tremendous long-term security in supply of energy, which means that we can consider using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to deal with short-run problems in the supply and price of crude. Plus, our federal government's long-term fiscal position will strengthen enormously. We will achieve both cheaper, more secure supplies of energy and balance our federal budget. True, we will still have to fix the long-term insolvency of our entitlement programs and address our illegal alien/border problems, but - perhaps - by addressing two very tough problems, the Congress will get it into its thick skull that it should actually address our other urgent problems.

[Who is John Galt?]

By opening up ANWR, we immediately gain tremendous long-term security in supply of energy, which means that we can consider using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to deal with short-run problems in the supply and price of crude. Plus, our federal government's long-term fiscal position will strengthen enormously. We will achieve both cheaper, more secure supplies of energy and balance our federal budget.

A 20+ billion barrel (ANW Resort + Left Coast offshore) bump...

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