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Democrats Block Attempt to Open Up Offshore Drilling Fifty+ Miles Off CoastThey... did vow to reduce gas prices before 2006, right? Back when they were at the discount price of $2.55 per gallon, right? Fifty miles off coast. Over the horizon. Invisible. But we can't drill there. Just because. Accountability. It's for the Little People. A House subcommittee on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led effort to open up more U.S. coastal waters to oil exploration. Question that seems over-the-top but is actually seriously posed: Are the Democrats actively trying to drive the country into recession to increase their control of government? Consider that current oil prices are high due mostly supply and demand, but also due to speculation/fear. There is ever increasing demand and yet no additional supply coming on line in the near future. Most oil-rich countries are pumping as much as they realistically can, or have decided to to not pump so much in order to drive up prices. And the US, meanwhile, flatly refuses to increase its own production. So there is no downward pressure on future oil prices. All the indicators point up. It could be that a tweak here and there -- a show that the US will react to soaring oil prices by expanding production -- would pop the speculative balloon that's responsible for, oh, who knows, maybe $25-50 of the cost per barrel of oil. Sensing downside pressure on the prices, the speculators would be more cautious about always bidding up the cost of oil. But the Democrats seem pretty united on the principle that nothing shall be done to lower the cost of oil. So far, the US has managed to weather the huge increase in energy prices without slipping into recession. There is a limit, however, to how much such a basic cost of industry and business can rise before the economy reacts violently by reducing output and shedding jobs. And the Democrats are pushing us right to that point. They don't have to worry that they'll be blamed for their actions. They have their Liberal Media Spirit Squad to make sure the public believes that oil company profits are solely responsible for the doubling of oil prices over two years.
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