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Originally Posted by Rico
I am going to have to agree, to a certain degree, with my Republican brothers on this economy issue. What we are dealing with now is partly the result of bone headed schemes banks and mortgage companies came up with in the mid to late 90s. The issue with oil is the fault of both parties, though. Where we are now, in terms of oil prices, has been coming for a long time, and neither party showed any leadership on energy policy for the last 25-30 years. We are very much a "don't fix it until it breaks" type of people.
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Rico, this is not correct. Back when the republicans controlled the the house and senate when Clinton was president they pass legislation to open up ANWR for drilling. Clinton vetoed that bill. They did not have enough majority to override the veto.
They have since not had enough majority to pass bills that would open up drilling.
If ANWR would have been opened and drilling started there would be enough oil on the market today to have kept prices down.
The democrats have been in the back pockets of the enviromentalist for years.
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