Think what you will of Sarah Palin. She might not have (at least in the political elites’ estimation) the “gravitas” to be a presidential candidate, but having been governor of a state where oil production made up a significant part of the economy, she probably knows a few things about oil and gas. Her latest piece on Facebook, entitled “The $4 Per Gallon President”, is spot on. While Obama makes equivocating speeches on what his administration is doing about domestic oil production, the facts point to a different story.
This was no accident. Through a process of what candidate Obama once called “gradual adjustment,” American consumers have
seen prices at the pump rise 67 percent since he took office. Let’s not forget that in September 2008, candidate Obama’s Energy Secretary in-waiting said: “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” That’s one campaign promise they’re working hard to fulfill! Last week, the British Telegraph reported that the price of petrol in the UK hit £6 a gallon – which comes to about $9.70. If you think $4 a gallon is bad now, just wait till the next crisis causes oil prices to “necessarily” skyrocket. Meanwhile, the vast undeveloped reserves that could help to keep prices at the pump affordable remain locked up because of President Obama’s deliberate unwillingness to drill here and drill now.
Hitting the American people with higher gas prices like this is essentially a hidden tax and a transfer of wealth to foreign regimes who are providing us the energy we refuse to provide for ourselves. Like inflation, higher energy prices are a hidden tax on Americans who are struggling to make ends meet. And these high gas prices will be felt in the form of higher food prices due to higher transportation costs. Energy is connected to everything in our economy. Access to affordable and secure energy is key to economic growth, which in turn is key to job growth. Energy is the building block of our economy. The President is purposely weakening that building block and weakening our country.
2012 can’t come soon enough.
The drilling moratorium, anti-drilling regulatory policies, and his new budget that aims to sink billions into renewable-energy boondoggles and high-speed-rail sinkholes are all indications that Obama (*DfOaLG) wants to force Americans toward embracing (or complying with) liberal eco-bullsh*t policies. If he and his administration have to do it at the point of a $4 per gallon gun, well – it looks like that’s the game they’re playing.
She’s also right about that last part – 2012 can’t come soon enough. Read the whole thing
*Descended from Olympus and Lightworker Genius, on the order of Wile E. Coyote
Cross-posted at Subterranean Defender of Liberty
