At $130 a barrel, the real,hiddencost of the liberals' refusal to open up the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)and the oil resources off our coasts is 10 million jobs.
Ten million jobs for middle-class,working-class Americansthat are being 'outsourced' to OPEC daily, evenas the Senate debates bizarrely complex 'carbon cap and trade'legislationthat wouldcharge American businesses (most of them) that produce carbon emissions for the right to stay in business; then let those that reduce their carbon emissions sell or 'trade' their carbon credits to other businesses that need to grow but will use more energy in the process. The effect of this fiasco will be to impose a new tax on all businesses andon allbusiness growth, which will stunt business growth, economic growth, personal income growth, job growth,and tax receipts. ....