Simply opening up national hydrocarbon resources to the private sector will generate hundreds of billions of dollars in royalties and taxes, and will reduce the shipment of other hundreds of billions of dollars to wierdo guys in scarfs and gowns overseas.
That's if the resources are leased out ~ they could be sold up front.
There are trillions of dollars in other resources that can be monetized if you will.
All we need to do is get the Democrats and the GOP-e OUT THE WAY