I recently received an email from old client and friend who works in the oil / gas industry for a company that performs major maintenance projects and turnarounds. The email explained that my friend had attended a depressing job fair where former employees for two separate major refineries back East were seeking jobs. Essentially, the refineries are closing and people are going to be laid off, a lot of good people. He went on to add that there could be a third major refinery closing if it’s not sold by this June.
Let me add that these people are quite simply the salt of the Earth. They live and work in our nation’s homeland. They are honest, hard workers, smart, brave and kind.
They are America’s middle-class and they are suffering due to Obama’s current energy policy: a do nothing approach that makes no sense whatsoever unless you’re a tree-hugging, low to no fuel environmentalist who loves how this may impact Leaf sales!
There aren’t enough best practices in the world right now to correct the dismal failure that is President Obama’s energy policy.
Gas has doubled since 2009, and could soar to as much or more than $10 per gallon if Israel decides to go to war with Iran to protect itself and the rest of the world from Iran’s deceptive nuclear program.
And, how about Solyndra?! Let’s not forget how many tax dollars have been flushed down the “Solyndra toilet” by all of the “Solyndra’s” out there and by President “My Way or the Highway” Obama.
I am all for Green technology and environmental concessions which make sense. Hell, I drive a 2005 Prius!
But, let’s get one thing straight about the Obama administration’s energy policy. It’s by no means smart or supported by the majority of Americans. All you need to do is go into the streets and ask a few random people. Well, maybe not the OWS people, they’ve drunk too much of the Soros / MoveOn.org Kool-Aid.
Rather it’s just more of the same liberal progressive, Big Government strangulation of middle-class America and its extremely fragile and broken economy.
