03-22-2012, 05:35 PM
I don't like it. Environmental considerations aside, any time the gov't spends billions to facilitate large corporations making billions, I object.
This will result in lower gas prices? How does that work? Of course the answer, "dude, MORE OIL - duh!" is wrong, but the it takes a sentence or two to counter it. The public doesn't have the attention span for that...
But this was a predictable move - the repubs were getting ready to grill him on this one...
Assuming that environments are protected, I wouldn't object to the project IF the oil industry was nationalized. Since it isn't - let Exxon pay for it since they will be the chief beneficiaries...
This will result in lower gas prices? How does that work? Of course the answer, "dude, MORE OIL - duh!" is wrong, but the it takes a sentence or two to counter it. The public doesn't have the attention span for that...
But this was a predictable move - the repubs were getting ready to grill him on this one...
Assuming that environments are protected, I wouldn't object to the project IF the oil industry was nationalized. Since it isn't - let Exxon pay for it since they will be the chief beneficiaries...