The McCain/Palin Triple-Whammy Energy Policy

[isayitlikeitis]

Is it just me or is anybody else wondering why McCain/Palin isn't using the "energry crisis" to offset the "financial crisis" and the "unemployment rate crisis"? They need to promote aomprehensive energy policy that includes drilling for petroleum and natural gas, mining for clean coal and development of alternative energy sources, including wind, solar, hydro and biofuels.

Here are the benefits:

1. There is an estimate of several million, good paying domestic jobs that would be created, which would birng down unemployment and increase tax revenues.

2. Increased tax revenues as a result of the new jobs created, would help pay for the "bail outs" resulting from the "financial crisis."

3. The production of domestic energy would replace the imported energy, thereby decreasing costs of energy, decreasing the dependence on foreign energy, increasing domestic security and change the trade inbalance in our favor.

As far as I can tell, this looks like a triple-whammy for McCain/Palin - if they go for it!

Think it's worth a try?

[Concho]

Email it to them. You have nothing to loose.

[Cicero]

Of course. One of several factors undermining our economy is our absolutely dismal balance of payments deficits. One major way to improve that is to produce energy domestically—through drilling, clean coal, nuclear power, and domestic refineries.

It would also improve national security and lower prices.

[repentant_pundit]

They need to promote a comprehensive energy policy

It depends on what you mean by promote.

In D.C., "promote" usually means "spend billions of tax dollars on".

Whenever politicians justify spending tax dollars by claiming it will "create jobs" or "increase tax revenues", watch out. It almost never works out that way.

Instead, I hope mcPalin would simply remove legal and tax burdens, and let energy producing companies do the business of producing energy and selling it to us on the free market. ( Cutting taxes is not the same as spending public dollars. )

But sadly, McCain's record shows he is in love with increasing regulation in the name of "reform".

Constitutionally, the government should not get involved in "creating jobs"....we can't afford Washington-style "job creation" any more that we could afford their scheme of "home ownership for everyone".

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[gidget7]

I have questioned this very argument, plus a few more reasons to drill here, drill now, in regard to the financial markets. It would also, by bringing down the price of oil/gas/natural gas, create more jobs outside the energy fields as there is more and more disposable income for business and citizens. The tax revenues paid by consumers as well as workers and our own energy companies, would give our economy a much needed boost, and keep it going! It would be a permanent, not temporary fix, and would be a win win.

[fatrat]

I haven’t posted but it have been thinking in the same direction for over a week, seems like a no-brainer for decreasing costs, increasing jobs, etc. I can’t believe McCain can’t figure this out.

[gidget7]

You are right, however they don't have to promote it, nor “create” jobs. Just advocate getting the EPA and the govt. out of the way and let the market do it!

[avg_freeper]

American energy independence should be the "... and we will put a man on the Moon ..." of our generation.

It should be put forth in the exact same manner as Kennedy described the moon shot.

The whole nation, working towards that goal by a set date.