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Originally Posted by Mens Rea
I agree with this guy.
Especially this part:
If you are a free-market purist and believe big government shouldn't be involved [with taxation, funding, etc], then you would support withdrawing U.S. forces from the Persian Gulf, revoking the Carter Doctrine, adjusting the mission of CENTCOM, redefining our relationship with Saudi Arabia, eliminating all the preferences for domestic production and a whole lot of other things the government does to support oil. Some people may support those things, but most people I've talked to think they would be a bad idea.
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Word. All our politicians do is pay lip service to energy independence, and then they turn around and assure endless subsidies to oil companies who are enjoying record profits, all while they continuously put regulatory barriers to other more innovative energy solutions/technologies.