{"id":22806,"date":"2014-05-19T19:46:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22806"},"modified":"2014-05-19T19:46:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:46:43","slug":"blocking-american-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22806","title":{"rendered":"Blocking American Prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a strong entrepreneurial<\/span> spirit in America. Sometimes that spirit gets a little overzealous, as in the tech boom<\/a> of the nineties, but generally speaking, that is the spirit that drives the American economy. One reason for the slow recovery from the financial crisis of 2008<\/a> is that the entrepreneurial spirit is being blocked by the government.<\/p>\n

On May 7, The Heritage Foundation<\/a> posted an article on the development of American oil resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Production of crude oil in the United States<\/a> is up to 8.36 million barrels per day\u2014the highest since January 1988. The increased supply of oil has widespread economic benefits, but a new Congressional Research Service report<\/a> shows that when the numbers are broken down by ownership it becomes clear that the situation could be even better. Although oil production overall has almost doubled in less than six years, production continues to fall on federally owned land areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article included the following chart:<\/p>\n

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At the present moment, the federal government<\/a> is subsidizing ‘green’ energy before the technology is workable and blocking the development of America’s own fossil fuel resources. The development of America’s oil resources is a national security issue as well as an economic issue. How would American diplomacy change if we were not dependent of Venezuela<\/a> and the Middle East<\/a> for our energy needs?<\/p>\n

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