[Paladins Prayer]

Read this article tot he end. The end has a very interesting point about why liberals adopt policies that make people suffer.

[therightliveswithus]

$7 may be a bit low, unfortunately

[therightliveswithus]

$7 may be a bit low, unfortunately

[Buckeye McFrog]

if you get our price to $7 in Europe it will be $13....you morons!

[Seeking the truth]

[TexasCajun]

Why hasn't the RNC and whoever is running that thing these days making an ad with this quote.

This new RNC guy sure isn't making much of an impression, good impression that his.

[ArrogantBustard]

FUBO

[newheart]

Obama’s energy policies are so nationally destructive (I would say self-destructive, but I don’t think Obama identifies with America enough to make this characterization valid) that they have given rise to the darkest suspicions. Many wonder, “Is he actively trying to undermine our nation?”

[When does policy become treason?]

It's not easy being green when you're red on the inside.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Assume for a moment that boosting gas prices to $7.00/gallon gas were a useful policy goal. That still leaves the question, of how to achieve that goal.

BHO is restricting domestic supply (no drilling), in order to increase prices, and (he says) encourage people to reduce demand. That might actually make sense (to the extent that the goal makes sense), if the U.S. weren't importing so much crude, with borrowed money. And, if you weren't buying so much of your crude from hostile regimes.

Another way to get gas to $7.00/gallon would be to add about $3.00/gallon in taxes. (I know, I know — taxes!) The resulting reduction in demand might actually help lower the world price of crude — not that consumers would notice. The U.S. government could use the new gas tax revenue to reduce other taxes (well, they could — with a Democrat government there would probably just be more spending. Meanwhile, less money is being borrowed to buy foreign oil & the tax revenue stays within the borders of the U.S.A (for a few moments, at least).

The tax increase option (vile as taxes are) would do the least harm to the U.S. economy — while reducing (rather than drastically increasing) the amount of money sent overseas to (often) hostile regimes. Money that you have to borrow from other hostile regimes.

Of course, if BHO persists in policies designed to skyrocket the price of crude; you won't hear much complaining from these quarters (Canada). Thanks very much for the windfall, folks. Despite the possibility of a short-term windfall; many of us Canadians would rather see a strong, healthy U.S. economy. Boosting local oil supplies is more likely to get you there (in the near term at least) than shutting down the oil industry, and subsidizing “green” energy.

[Brookhaven]

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe,”

Why?

Does everyone Europe drive electric cars due to the price of gas? No, they still drive conventional gas vehicles.

If high gas prices haven't driven Europe to develop alternative energy, why would it cause the USA to do so? It won't.

So what is the benefit (even from the liberal standpoint) of high gas prices?

[RedMDer]

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[Steely Tom]

Don’t folks in da hood buy gasoline?

[null and void]

I've been putting this sticker on gas pumps:

"Somehow we have to figure
out how to boost the price of
gasoline to the levels in
Europe*." - Barrack Obama's
Energy Secretary Steve Chu
(*$8-$10/gal, have you had enough yet???)

I've sized mine to fit ten to a sheet of bumper sticker stock...

[gibsosa]

bfl

[RayChuang88]

I think a LOT of Democrats are starting to increasingly see a perfect repeat of Jimmy Carter's last two years as President at the rate Obama is currently going. In short, if gas prices stay high we will see massive losses for the Democrats in 2012.

[chris_bdba]

It won’t help with grocery prices but we now have the VW diesel back on the road. Right now that 40mpg will help but with the price of food rising so fast not sure where that extra $$ will come from.