When he stopped the Keystone pipeline project, he put thousands of workers on unemployment. As Texans sat in the dark last week, even liberal ones may have had the time to contemplate the benefit of more North American energy, not less. If that didn't slap their face, perhaps the crossing of asylum seekers at the border this weekend will. Iran sponsored militias rocketed a base in Iraq, which should remind Biden of reality in the middle east.
While I understand that the Trump revulsion will not allow the admission of any previous good policy, perhaps Biden will have the good sense to at least rebrand some of those policies. Energy and security shouldn't be compromised for political reasons.
Mike, don't count on it. Remember he warned us a long dark winter was ahead of us. That is a promise he will keep! By the way, winter is but a metaphor for the next four years.
ReplyDeleteClimate change measures vs a vs jobs is legitimate political discourse. However, it has little to do with energy supply, of which the United States has plenty. Texas being dark is not the result of national energy shortages; it is the direct result of Texas authorities refusing, because of the deregulation policies they pushed through, of paying to weatherize their systems. And, because Texas refuses to link with the national grid, it cannot access energy from elsewhere. Hence, the famous "anti-socialistic freedumb" Texas GOP will be begging President Biden when he visits on Friday to give Texas federal dollars so they can pay off the exorbitant water/heat bills the utility companies are charging customers. Only they won't call the relief "socialism," but rather "freedom aid."
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