Democrats’ Failed Energy Policies

While accurate, I don’t think that this meme is entirely fair.  It’s true that gas prices have gone up dramatically under the Democrat-run Congress, but that is primarily driven by the cost of crude.  The cost of crude is being driven up for a lot of reasons, only some of which are the result of American policy.  So it’s not fair to blame the Democrats for the increase in the price of gas.

That being said, it IS fair to blame the Democrats for doing nothing to help counterbalance the other factors that are driving up the cost of crude.  They have not done anything to increase supply.  They have not done anything to decrease demand.  They have done nothing but sit on their rumps and bitch.  Their inaction is their folly.

Furthermore, it is also fair to blame the Democratic Congress for doing nothing to shield America from its dependence on the global market by making America more self-sufficient.  If America increased its domestic oil production enough to provide for America’s needs, then the price of oil wouldn’t matter so much.  Yes, domestic companies would have to make the choice to sell the oil domestically or export it, but at least America would be able to provide for our own needs. 

The Democrats need to realize that the oil companies are not evil.  They provide a resource that is vital to our economy.  Yes, we need to diversify our energy portfolio with alternative means of energy (including nuclear), but we also need to properly manage our oil resources.

And… this is the height of hypocrisy.

The DNC would like to save money for their convention and so they have decided that they’re going to buy it from the State gas pumps.  You know where the police officers and State troopers and everybody else, you know, the snow removal trucks, where they gas up.  The DNC has struck a deal that they can gas their cars up during the convention and they’ve already started this, to avoid the $0.40 a gallon gas tax.  From the same people who said the gas tax won’t make any difference, the gas tax means nothing.