PrintMarch 12, 2011
Obama's Great LEAHP Backward
In most discussions about our ever-increasing oil imports, our skyrocketing gasoline prices, and our enormous energy-related job losses, the blame is attributed to the fact -- actually, the patently false belief -- that "we have no energy policy."But of course, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid "progressives" and militant "greens" most certainly do have an aggressive, multi-layered, no-holds-barred energy policy whose overarching goal is quite clearly that of Less Energy At Higher Prices -- LEAHP for short.First: Obama's OutForcing of JobsWhile Barack Obama and his entourage foretell a bright future of "energy independence" and of millions of new "green" jobs, here are more than a dozen general -- as opposed to energy-specific -- elements of their relentless "outforcing" of American jobs (especially high-carbon mining, refining and manufacturing jobs) and of urgently needed capital investment. This first batch of...(Read Full Article)
