{"id":12436,"date":"2012-02-29T13:39:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12436"},"modified":"2012-02-29T13:39:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:39:52","slug":"sometimes-you-just-wonder-what-reality-some-people-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12436","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes You Just Wonder What Reality Some People Live In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How do you feel about what you are paying these days to fill up your gas tank? Do you think anyone in Washington cares about how much you are spending? Well, there has been some interesting testimony in Congress recently.<\/p>\n

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air<\/a>\u00a0posted an interesting article on recent testimony by Energy Secretary Stephen Chu.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

When asked by Rep. Alan Nunnelee whether the Obama administration wants to work to get gas prices to come back down, Chu replied that they\u2019re not focusing on that \u2014 and that higher gas prices mean more of a push for the alternative energy sources the administration wants to push.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I have stated before–I don’t have a problem with alternative energy sources–however, those sources will develop naturally as they become cost-effective. The market needs to left alone so that the most efficient sources are developed. Government subsidies and interference simply muddy the waters and prolong the process.<\/p>\n

The Heritage Foundation<\/a> stated:<\/p>\n

As shocking as his remarks are, they shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise. Chu has a long record of advocating for higher gas prices. In 2008, he\u00a0stated<\/a>, \u201cSomehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.\u201d Last March, he reiterated his point in an\u00a0interview with Fox News\u2019 Chris Wallace<\/a>, noting that\u00a0his focus is to ease the pain felt by his energy policies by forcing automakers to make more fuel-efficient automobiles. \u201cWhat I\u2019m doing since I became Secretary of Energy has been quite clear. What I have been doing is developing methods to take the pain out of high gas prices.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of those methods is dumping taxpayer dollars into alternative energy projects like the Solyndra solar plant. Another is subsidizing the purchase of high-cost electric cars like the Chevy Volt to the tune of $7,500 per car (which the White House wants to increase to $10,000). In both cases, those methods aren\u2019t working. Solyndra went bankrupt because its product couldn\u2019t bear the weight of market pressures, and Chevy Volts aren\u2019t selling, even with taxpayer-funded rebates. What\u2019s the president\u2019s next plan?\u00a0Harvesting \u201ca bunch of algae\u201d<\/a>\u00a0as a replacement for oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Obama Administration is seemingly doing everything it can to make paying for energy even more painful by refusing to\u00a0open access to the country\u2019s oil and gas reserves and blocking new projects that would lead to the development of more energy in America. Case in point: the president\u2019s decision to say \u201cno\u201d to the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would have delivered hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from Canada to Texas refineries, while bringing thousands of jobs along with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

High gasoline prices take a toll on all areas of the economy. They cause inflation in food prices and all other goods.<\/p>\n

The article at Hot Air points out:<\/p>\n

Congressional Democrats are ramping up pressure on President Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to prevent rising gas prices from threatening the economy and their election-year prospects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are growing anxious that the price of fuel could reverse their political fortunes, which had been improving due to signs of growth in the economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Republicans have hammered Democrats on the price spike, repeatedly noting that gas prices \u2014 now at $3.72 per gallon for regular \u2014 have doubled since Obama won the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if their motives are less than pure, it is nice to know that Democrats are at least aware that high gasoline prices are a problem for most Americans.<\/p>\n

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