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    Obama Wants to Tax Us by the Mile

    May 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm

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    Tea Party

    Remember that Beatles song about the taxman? “If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street.” Well, that’s just about what the Transportation Secretary has proposed. Bad ideas never die in Washington. They don’t even fade away. As proof, see the third effort in the last two years by the … More

    How Oil Profits Are Good for Americans

    April 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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    You could substitute a newspaper article from June 2008 with today’s gas price stories, and no one would know the difference. The story is the same: politicians blaming speculators and big oil while ignoring supply and demand issues and the impact of a weak dollar on oil prices. It’s been … More

    Obama’s Top Six Gas Price Myths Busted

    April 27, 2011 at 1:30 pm

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    DC: GAS PRICES CLIMB TO RECORD HIGHS

    The same Washington press corps that hammered President George W. Bush relentlessly when prices were still well under $3 a gallon—well before the $4 a gallon peak, which lasted only six weeks in 2008—have given President Obama a pass thus far on the recklessness of his energy policy. In fact, … More

    Obama’s Blame of Speculators, Forming of Gas Task Force Misguided

    April 22, 2011 at 3:30 pm

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    President Obama speaks at GWU on the budget

    Maybe President Obama should start investigating John F. Kennedy’s shooting in his spare time, because he’s not going to find a satisfying conspiracy in gas prices. Better yet, he could pick up an economics textbook and turn to the chapter on Supply and Demand. His finger-pointing at speculators and formation … More

    Gas Prices Going Up, But President Obama Is Standing Still

    April 20, 2011 at 2:38 pm

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    President Barack Obama at suburban Virginia speech on 4/20/11

    The gas price headlines aren’t looking so good for Americans. Honolulu is a penny away from record gas prices. Chicago gas nears $5 a gallon. Nationally, $4 a gallon average gas may be only be a month away. There’s something that President Obama could do to help solve the problem … More

    Electric Cars Slide Over for New Gas-Powered Cars

    April 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm

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    No matter how hard the government tries, it just won’t ever be as effective as the free market is in satisfying consumer demand. Want proof? Take a look at what the federal government is doing to lure people into buying more expensive, less convenient plug-in electric cars. Since little demand … More

    Obama on Energy: New Speech, Same Old Gimmicks

    March 30, 2011 at 5:22 pm

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    Nearly a year ago, President Obama delivered a speech calling for an increase in oil and gas production. Since then, he has canceled more production than he has allowed. Today he delivered a speech at Georgetown University outlining a plan to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025. President Obama … More

    Morning Bell: Don’t Tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    March 9, 2011 at 9:26 am

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    As gas prices hit $4 per gallon, White House spokesman Jay Carney assured Americans on Monday that the administration is well aware of the toll high fuel costs are taking on American families. So what’s President Obama’s solution to America’s pain? According to White House chief of staff Bill Daley, … More

    10 Things You Need to Know About High Gas Prices and Obama’s Oil Policy

    February 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm

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    This week the media’s attention is finally focused on oil prices. After two years of continually rising consumer gas prices in America, the oil futures market has captivated the Mideast storyline. And attention is much needed. December 2010 saw the highest gas prices for the month of December in our … More

    $7-a-Gallon Gas?

    June 18, 2010 at 11:00 am

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    President Obama has a solution to the Gulf oil spill: $7-a-gallon gas. That’s a Harvard University study’s estimate of the per-gallon price of the president’s global-warming agenda. And Obama made clear this week that this agenda is a part of his plan for addressing the Gulf mess. So what does … More

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    Ed Meese: We’ve Seen the Effect of “Amnesty” BeforeExperts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation, despite our best efforts. But when it comes to immigration policy, we have tried many of the types of reforms advocated by today’s Gang of Eight—so we should consider the effects these reforms had in the past. In … MoreMore
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