Good Time to Approve Keystone Pipeline and Gulf Drilling
With Iran rattling their sword over the Strait of Hormuz and threatening to stop 17% of the world’s oil reserves, it is time to re-think approving the Keystone Pipeline and Gulf drilling permits. In addition, it is time to allow drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shale region of New York.
It is counter-intuitive to continue to buy America’s oil from countries that wish us dead, when we have our own, as well Canada’s, natural gas and oil. At some point the American people have to realize that throwing our money down a rat hole isn’t helping our economy or those who can barely afford expensive gas to get to work at their minimum wage jobs. (Please don’t say they could use battery powered cars instead – as those who make minimum wage cannot get a loan for those cars.)
Now is a great time to call Iran’s bluff and cut their funding by not buying their oil. Our current administration should put their money where their mouth is and push special interest groups aside in order to put a paycheck in people’s hands. Let’s really put America back to work and put an end to funding terrorism by using our own resources.
