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8 Very Public False Starts for US Energy Independence
By Rocky Vega
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* In 1974 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Richard Nixon said
* In 1975 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Gerald Ford said
* In 1979 with 40.5% of oil from foreign sources, President Jimmy Carter said
* In 1981 with 43.6% of oil from foreign sources, President Ronald Reagan said
* In 1992 with 47.2% of oil from foreign sources, President George Bush said
* In 1995 with 49.8% of oil from foreign sources, President Bill Clinton said
* In 2006 with 65.5% of oil from foreign sources, President George W. Bush said
* In 2009 with 66.2% of oil from foreign sources, President Barack Obama said
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Who cares what they said!
Look at results.
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Tariffs are constitutional.
How about a 5% import duty on all “foreign” energy?
That 5% is used to reduce the national debt.
And, at the same time. tie the congress critters salary to the deficit in the prior year. Salary zero if there is any!
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