Eric Massa on energy: “The world is running out of oil”
The value of the U.S. dollar has fallen dramatically due to the war in Iraq. The price of gasoline at the pumps is skyrocketing. Combine that with greed and profits that are unrecognizable and those of us who pay to go to work are getting absolutely taken to the cleaners.
When asked if he would change Congressional leaders getting their gas paid for when travelling, Massa said he certainly doesn’t understand the policy, so he asks questions. When he was in military service he didn’t get paid for travel. He agreed that the service members who travel and don’t get reimbursed is a problem.
The driving reality is the Iraq War. Clearly longterm we need a national energy policy that finds ways for us to consume less energy, not encourage us to burn more. Bush and Cheney are clearly in the pockets of Big Oil.Â
He includes Randy Kuhl in this group:
If you take money from Big Oil you are going to vote for their interests.
We have two options: either a federally mandated price freeze like we saw in the 1970s or a gas tax rebate for working Americans only. We basically just did a gas tax rebate. We borrowed $150 billion to give about $1,000 on average to an American family so that they can turn around and give that most of that to the Saudi Arabians. Clearly that’s not a solution—at best it’s a stop-gap. But if we freeze the price of gasoline then the dollar stabilizes and then stop the obscene gas subsidies to the oil companies. It’s not just that we’re not taxing them, we’re giving them money. Use that money instead at places like Cornell University, which is at the forefront of automotive [innovation]. It takes independence to do this.Â
If you think your campaign funding is more important than alternative energy then alternative energy will never happen.
I’m going to go to Washington and not owe Exxon Mobil anything.
When asked about economists who say that the housing bust is more responsible for the economic woes rather than the war in Iraq:
I listen to the American people, not some pinhead economists. If Randy Kuhl listened to us instead of so-called Washington D.C. “experts,” maybe he’d understand that. Kuhl won’t even come home to debate me, let alone come home to listen to his constituents. Chances are you’re not even gonna know what reality is (if you don’t come home). This election is about voters who are paying $4/gallon for gas. He’s not paying $4/gallon for gas. Just like he’s not paying his healthcare costs, we’re paying those for him.
Massa would refuse to accept the Congressional healthcare policy until every American has access to health insurance.Â
It’s the height of hypocrisy to turn around and vote against S-CHIP while accepting it yourself—it’s just plain wrong.
Massa concluded by saying “The world is running out of oil.” One thing’s for certain: Massa is definitely not running out of energy.
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