re: Not allowing domestic drilling is hurting the economy.
I agree about the stalemate.
But not about "gas will be cheaper if we can just drill in the Gulf, Alaska," etc...
MAYBE 10 years ago, but the oil barons have tasted their succulent dinner and they're never going back. Unless the oil industry can back out of some of the good ole privatization that's sucking us dry. And how would that happen?
They'd all get a conscience? They'd all give up their perks? their yachts?
They'd all decide they could give it to us at $3 a barrel when we've been paying $5?
(Wait until the end of the summer).
Frankly, if the price of gas and oil hasn't gone back to $3 a gallon by winter, expect a major depression or rioting in the streets. Or just a total collapse of our economy.