It is the Democratic policies that deny the opening of oil fields on American soil and off shore. Washington’s leftist regulations have stopped energy companies from building refineries. For decades, special interest groups such as the Sierra Club and Green Peace have lobbied for legislation that denies American companies access to domestic oil fields. Wikipedia.com list 89 environmental groups. Special interests and Democratic politicians in the federal government and the state level have achieved a stranglehold over America’s oil resources. It is common knowledge that maintains ,with more oil in the market our consumers would see the price of oil drop and stabilize. At this time, the American consumers are at the mercy of OPEC and states such as Venezuela. The United States economy, and every citizen is dependant on the most unstable countries in the world and stated enemies.

With the removal or correction of leftist policies, American companies would expand in business and hire American workers. These high quality jobs would provide workers with benefits such as health insurance and a retirement plan, something that everyone desires. Added to that failure are the Democratic policies and special interest lawsuits, by trial lawyers, that stop companies from building refineries. The cost of lawsuits are passed on to the consumer as a business expense, raising gas prices. These refineries would add gas to the market and cause the price of gas to be reduced. Again, refineries provide good high paying jobs with benefits for workers. America’s last refinery was built in Garyville, Louisiana in 1976. I’m amazed that gas isn’t higher. Another point to consider, is the cost of goods and services that increase with fuel and oil based materials. America’s natural resources should be used to grow good jobs domestically instead of outsourcing the jobs to the Middle East. It is interesting that Communist China, working with the Cuban government, is in the process of building an oil field off the Florida coast.

These investments in American resources would deny terror states U.S. funding via the oil market. The Left has denied voters the financial stability that American jobs provide while growing an important sector of business. At this time of economic upheaval, high quality jobs in the energy sector would provide American citizens long term financial stability that NAFTA has denied since the Clinton administration. Clearly, the Democrats have failed to protect an American economic sector that needs to expand for quality jobs, voters financial stability and national security. It is this writers opinion, that ultimately America is better off with high paying long term jobs and energy independence from the Middle East. America needs to bring jobs home starting with the energy sector.

Mike Moseley

Staunton