Posted on 03/18/2003 4:58:47 AM PST by Bigun
The Republican Party of Texas Platform has been MUCH in the news of late because it is a CONSERVATIVE document and, as such, VERY controversial. I thought it would be an instructive exercise, for those of us who wish to do so here, to go through it plank by plank and see where we stand on these issues. Pursuant to that, I will post ONE plank of the Platform, every few days and anyone who wishes to can state their views as to that particular part of the platform.
Today, under the heading Strengthening The Economy Of Texas And America we find the following plank :
Support of the Domestic Energy Industry - Recognizing the importance of energy to the national security of the United States of America, the foundation of our National Energy Strategy must be a competitive domestic oil and gas industry. Federal tax and regulatory policies are destroying the independent sector of this industry. Regulation and rulemaking must be done on a cooperative, rather than an adversarial basis, preserving jobs and the economy while promoting environmental preservation. The Party encourages the Congress to:
1. aggressively support a greatly expanded use of domestic natural gas as a method to reduce United States' dependence on foreign crude oil;
2. repeal all provisions of the alternative minimum tax that treat intangible drilling costs as a tax preference item;
3. repeal the crude oil and gas severance and production taxes to help stimulate the Texas economy and enhance Texas production;
4. stop the promulgation of unnecessary environmental legislation or regulation that causes domestic production to be economically not feasible;
5. support technological development of environmentally safe uses of coal for our national energy needs; and
6. promote all forms of domestic energy production including ANWAR, offshore California, and the East Coast, while minimizing environmental impact. Alternative Energy Sources - The Party recognizes the value of alternative energy sources and supports continued private research and development of such sources, including space-based solar power.
(Excerpt) Read more at browncountytexasrepublicanparty.com ...
10 more points brings my running score to this point to 1306 of a possible 1440.
WE ARE DONE! This is the LAST one and I hope everyone else has found this exercise to be as instructive as I have! Thank you all for your participation!
I support this plank, which is to basically get out of the way of the domestic energy business.
Well, all except that final remark about space-based solar power. That's just a wacky throwaway line.
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