President Carter, on January 23, 1980, gave the US oil market demand to OPEC. The Democratic Congress, on March 27, 1980, passed the Domestic Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax which was fatal to the US domestic oil producing industry. Cheap US oil production has been declining rapidly for 20 years. Expensive foreign oil has been replacing declining US oil production for 20 years. Expensive foreign oil has been causing gasoline prices to rise for 20 years.