Interesting that you focused on one industry, when there are plenty of others. Besides, from what I've seen most Freepers wish we WOULD drill here.
Our costs would skyrocket.
Assuming that's correct over the long haul, those costs would go back into OUR economy, not out of the country.
I guess now it as good a time as any to say this, but I'm all for energy independence and developing green, renewable energy sources, but I don't go for the dishonest scare tactics the left uses.
Would that be helpful for American workers?
And how did shipping our jobs overseas help American workers. Are those Americans who would be working at those factories that were closed better off collecting unemployment? What about the call centers that were shipped overseas? Are the Americans who lost those jobs better off, and are you satisfied with the service you get from those foreign call centers?
It's easy to talk about the cost of making things here, but you're not feeling the costs of shipping our jobs overseas yet, because we're borrowing foreign dollars to pay for all of those unemployment benefits. When the bill comes, you'll see how cheap those foreign made pens really are.
I'm sure the number of US oil workers would increase quickly, do you think that would offset the massive job losses in all the other sectors of the economy?
To be honest, I don't know what the cost would be. I leave this question for the "drill here" supporters to answer.
Pick another one. What if we only used more expensive steel? Just benefits, no losses?
Besides, from what I've seen most Freepers wish we WOULD drill here.
By all means, we should. Our oil would still be more expensive if we excluded all imports.
Assuming that's correct over the long haul, those costs would go back into OUR economy, not out of the country.
The millions of unemployed, because oil tripled (or more) in price won't be thrilled with your idea.
And how did shipping our jobs overseas help American workers.
I already said I'd like business taxes to be cut, to 0% in a perfect world.
I leave this question for the "drill here" supporters to answer.
I'm sure the drill here supporters don't agree with your idea to just use much more expensive US oil exclusively.
You are both part right. If we would deregulate our economy, so that it doesn’t take an Imamal dispensation to open a factory, and so that builders can build where people want to live, and so that environmental cases don’t get $500,000 to “study” how politically connected a businessman is, prices here could drop 10-20%.
That wouldn’t be enough to bring all the jobs back home, but it should be enough to bring back, say, 3 million jobs, at the expense of 200,000 environmental case jobs. Win-win.