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No More “Boone-Doggles”
July 20, 2011
I’m tired of “business as usual” in Washington, D.C. I know a lot of you are as well. It is this reaction to the status quo that gave rise to the tea party movement.
In spite of the 2010 election results, we see a lot of Republicans continuing to act as if they owed nothing to the tea party movement. How do I know this? By looking at bills like HR 1380, the Natural Gas Act, and seeing over 80 Republicans, many of whom you helped get elected, signed on as co-sponsors.
For those of you unfamiliar with the bill, I want to recommend our sister organization, American Majority Action’s, memo on the bill and the inherent flaws found in it. I also penned an op-ed for the Washington Times recently on the subject, found here.
Let me be honest. I am all for ending our dependence on foreign oil and for getting out of the Middle East. I am all for exploring our domestic natural resources so that we can be energy independent.
What I am not for is Washington, DC attempting to manipulate the free market and creating an artificial demand for something like natural gas when there is no demand for it. I am also against crony capitalists like T. Boone Pickens who look to Washington, DC to further burden the American taxpayer with billions of dollars of credits and subsidies to create this artificial demand. Who absorbs all the risk in this scenario? You and me, the American taxpayer. Who gets all the reward and earns all the profit? T. Boone Pickens.
It is rare that American Majority engages in issues like this one, but this one is so important I could not pass on the opportunity to inform you about it. Will you join with me in holding Republicans in Washington, DC accountable? If your member is on this list of co-sponsors, will you call them today and ask them to get off HR 1380, the Natural Gas Bill, as a co-sponsor?
Tell them you are tired of Washington, DC trying to manipulate the free market.
Tell them you are tired of business as usual. It’s time for change.
Well I do not agree with regard to T. Boone Pickens. No one was calling for America to become independent of imported oil more than he was. And he was “putting his money where his mouth was”. A rarity in this day and age.
And who spoke “the truth” during the Gulf Oil Spill. It was T. Boone Pickens.
That’s my 2 1/2 cents. And thank you for the opportunity to express it.
Most sincerely,
Sharon Adkins
7/20/11
I find it somewhat off the point to decide the merits of an idea looking at whether proponents will profit. Capitalism abounds in America… no one claims capitalism is perfect, but it has shown to be the best economic system of the alternatives
Attacking HR 1380 because Pickens will profit on his investment is especially specious. To imagine Pickens, an 84 year old multi-billionaire, gets up in the morning with the plan to scam American taxpayers simply doesn’t square with a reasonable sense of reality. It’s far more likely that opponents with vested interests in the status-quo will rally to attack tis progressive idea.
Sincerely.
Steve
Natural gas as a transportation fuel in America, THIS progressive idea has been a long time coming. Sometimes it looks as if BIG OIL, i.e., OPEC nations and vested interests in the status-quo, will be allowed to destroy the American economy before Congress wakes up.
Those opposing NG as a transportation fuel continue the rallying cry…. LET THE MARKET PLACE DECIDE….. with BIG OIL in total control of the market place for the last 75 years… what a bunch of bunk. BIG OIL has a virtual MONOPOLY on the marketplace. Why doesn’t Congress look at BIG OIL’S stranglehold on the marketplace with the same TAFT- HARTLEY scrutiny used in other monopolistic abuses
WAKE UP Congress! We have to do everything possible to break the death-grip OPEC has on America. I could go on and on about how BIG OIL, OPEC, involvement in the Mid-East, hostilities with Islam, thirst for oil, etc, etc, are bringing America to its knees.
Take a step in the right direction….PASS HR 1380
Sincerely
steve