If this causes the recession I think it will then those who are laid off will they go "Oh shucks its the free market nothing I can do." Or will they look to support the party out of power who has a history of pandering to economic problems. You decide.
As for government interferring they do it all the time. And I do not call it interferring to have them open up new large domestic reserves for us. I call that smart energy police in light of the current situation.
And as for amny peoiple. I live in TX. Most of my family and friends are connected in some way to the oil patch and they are saying this too. Most voted for Bush as well. And do not get me wrong he is still a dang sight better the the fop from Mass. But I and quite a few I have talked to have not been impressed with him as of late.
You value power over truth. AND since you embrace the Democrats ideology, I have no idea why you are afraid of them being elected.
As for government interferring they do it all the time.
People murder other people all the time too.
And I do not call it interferring to have them open up new large domestic reserves for us.
Neither do I. You want government out of the energy business? So do I, we have no issues in that case.
But I and quite a few I have talked to have not been impressed with him as of late.
Basically, he sucks. Which would only be worse if he advocated government price controls.
Now, you have advocated removing government impediments to energy production, so tell how you will accomplish that.
BTW, a hard look at ANWR and all the rest of our domestic reserves will show that any impact it may have on prices would be small and would never come as quickly as you indicate would be helpful to increase supply in sufficient quantity to address current prices.
So, now what?