Oil Drilling Moratorium and Uncertainty

e-Mail to Rep. Neugebauer:

I just read your recent newsletter.

You brought up a good point on the termination of the moratorium for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf, I guess I'm kind of gullible. I thought that the Administration's removal of the restrictive drilling moratorium would quickly open up more drilling. You have pointed out that lifting the moratorium is merely a word game. Nothing is accomplished, because the Administration has now loaded the system with other drilling restrictions, including permit limitations. "Sure you can drill for oil but you need a permit, which I won't give you."

Again I say, what are you doing about it?

Your second point is that the economy is slowed by uncertainty. I said before that there is no uncertainty. The Administration has clearly demonstrated their antibusiness approach through higher taxes, global redistribution of wealth, nonenforcement of immigration laws to obtain Democratic/socialistic votes through giveaway programs, and many others. The correction of this is to create certainty in the other direction, and your action must be to do something to make it happen.

I did not bother to answer your question of the week concerning the recent order of a federal judge to end enforcement of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the U.S. military. The reason I did not is because this sort of trivia in the face of other tremendous economic and national issues only distracts from working on the much more important issues.