Jeanne Shaheen latest gripe is that Oil refineries are only running at 85% efficiency, and this is more proof that the Oil companies are milking “The Middle Class™” for profits. It’s a sad tale Jeanne, but did you know it’s the government’s fault?
Jeanne Shaheen latest gripe is that Oil refineries are only running at 85% efficiency, and this is more proof that the Oil companies are milking “The Middle Class™” for profits. It’s a sad tale Jeanne, but did you know it’s the government’s fault?
Shaheen’s lawyers are after the Free Enterprise Alliance, the political arm of Associated Building and Contractors’ for a radio spot they are airing that attacks Jeanne’s energy policy, something near and dear to my heart. The rub it seems is the implication, in the ad, that Ms. Shaheen’s policy does not include any drilling.
On August first Jeanne did use the words “increasing domestic production of oil,” but then only in reference to unloading the Strategic Oil Reserves. I suppose that qualifies as increasing the amount of oil available from a domestic source but it’s not actually “drilling.” But to be fair, Jeanne has implied, “goose-stepping” in line with the do-nothing democrats we already have in congress, that we should make oil companies use all existing leases, no matter whats on them, and that this will be doing something.
This is a con game that I have already deconstructed here, (and here) so I won’t do it again now, but there is no reason to believe she means it. Any meaningful Increase in domestic oil with long lasting production implications (say 50-100 years) contradicts absolutelyeverything else we know about her energy plans. A woman who puts this in writing…
