Ridiculous Concept

Why is it, that nowadays whenever there is a crisis, all the politicians want to do is point fingers at who they think the problem is caused by. When in all actuality the short term solution is staring them right in the face.

Today the president is putting pressure on Congress to lift the ban on drilling oil on our own soil, which is 1/2 of a smart idea, the other 1/2 is building more refineries (I know this is a oxymoron o sorts, the president - smart). But at least he has a pretty decent idea of how to fix the issue. The only problem with this plan is that it will take approximately 2 years to get the boost of oil into the supply chain, but i would much rather pay the high prices now if i KNOW that in 2 years drastic relief will be coming to correct this situation.

But as usual, there are the head-up-their-nether regions politicians that are spewing their crap about what the solution. The typical maneuver that they create by pointing their finger at a certain person or business to get the public attention on that, all the while not doing one single thing to fix the situation. Plus the only fix a politician can come up with (except for the likes of Ron Paul) for any problem is to tax more and spend more, create new "Programs" to make the people think they are actually doing something.

This whole topic does nothing but piss me off beyond belief. 1) Because it is a crisis that is brewing that the politicians will do nothing about, 2) The politicians are useless wastes of space that are not looking out for the people that elect them, 3) The middle class as usual gets pressed in the vice of the governments hand (Why you may ask? Well the wealthy have nothing to worry about because they are wealthy. The poor have nothing to fear, because the great deliverer - the government - is paying their way, with our money. All the while the middle class are living well within their means but get hit with higher taxes, higher fuel costs, higher food costs). But do not think i am ever being a advocate for the government regulating salaries, this is the last thing we need. 4) and lastly we as Americans are sitting there taking it, taking the government at its word (which is like trusting, a serial killer that has you hostage, to not kill you), not holding those accountable.

The true answer is that we need to pump at least 75 - 80 % of our own oil consumption from our own soil. We need to get the oil off of the futures market. We need to get more refineries up and going in this country. We need to tell the minority fringe kook enviroNazis to give it up, we are going to pump.


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