Congress refuses to give us any relief in the high price of fuel. There is no question that high prices are partly the result of increasing demand from China and India as well as Russia and Eastern Europe. And, a lot of that is the fault of the USA's policies under Reagan.
Yep, President Reagan led the fight against Communism and won it hands down with the collaboration of Maggie Thatcher and Pope John Paul. "But," you ask, "How did that bring about the increase in oil and fuel prices?" Under Communism, the people in Russia, China and the Eastern Bloc were starving. And, they were forbidden to travel or buy cars. Then "Along came Ron!"
Reagan's tough talk and tough walk pulverized Gorbachev and the Chinese and they folded like a cheap deck chair. Now Russia and China along with the nations of the former Commie Bloc started throwing off the chains of repression and the money began to roll in.
Money brings goods and cars and refrigerators, bigger houses and international travel. Those former starved citizens of the Communist countries decided that they like the Middle Class lifestyle much better than poverty so the are consuming like crazy. The President of China recently responded to the G7 leaders who called for less carbon emissions by saying something like the following:
"Do you think we are crazy? You have been enjoying the fruits of capitalism for many years and now you want us to go back to a planned economy?!? We will never do that. We are building roads and cars to fill them so be quite about our emissions."
Al Gore fainted and the Congress punted by refusing to allow us to add more oil to the mix and so they decided to keep gas prices high. The Chinese and Russian leaders are more capitalist than our leaders.
Why do the Representatives want us to spend so much on energy when they could easily offer us relief? Oh, yes, and Obama said he was not unhappy with the high gas prices but thought they had risen too fast. What's that all about?
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Hi Gary,
I Like your tag line: National Lunacy. Pretty much says it all, doesn't it? I'm not sure WHY our cries seem to fall on deaf ears, but here in Southern Illinois, I am seeing DEFINITIVE signs of an economy quickly going in the tank. Restaurants are not as busy...folks aren't out at the movies, even church attendance has taken a hit because so many folks commute half hour or more to get to a church in these rural areas.
Just read this article in the Seattle Business and Technology paper:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004445341_apgasprices.html
The gist of it is that even tho oil prices are dropping, we're STILL being gouged at the pump.
You're right Gary. SOMEBODY seems to have it in for us...glad God's got my back. All we can count on Congress to do is stick a knife in it. :-{
Thought provoking...as always!
How can we elect people who tell us they don't care about us? Shame on us.
Hi Gary,
Met you briefly when you visited Prague a year or so back. Have been enjoying your blog since then. Would honestly like to ask a question about this post. I am no deep thinker and am not trying to be sarcastic or anything like that. I'm just looking for help in getting a perspective. So my question is something like why are Americans mostly asking the govt. for relief from gas prices by lowering the prices (wouldn't this be temporary relief?) and seem mostly unwilling to talk about supporting and making changes in lifestyle to help bring some (longer term?) relief? We also have a car and the cheapest we've ever paid to fill up was about $4 a gallon. Now we pay about $10 a gallon. Thanks for your perspective. elaine
Elaine, Great comment. See my partial response on todays blog post.
I hope it stimulates a lot of discussion.
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