"Where there is no vision, the people perish." Pete Ashdown, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from Utah discusses the lack of vision in Washington in his campaign blog.
"I have a hard time seeing any vision in our federal government. The recent energy bill is a good example of this. Rather than pushing for a national effort towards clean and plentiful energy, our government wanders the room like a drunk looking for leftovers in bottles. The best example of this is a $5 Billion Loan to China to fund new nuclear reactors. The reason our representatives give for this? Well, if China has more nuclear reactors, they’ll use less oil. In other words, if you send your neighbors on an all-expenses-paid vacation, there will be more crack in the neighborhood for you."
Ashdown continues, "I challenge anyone of any political persuasion to stand back and admire the utter awesomeness of this legislation. What is even more special about this is that the fact that the Chinese have been buying significant amounts of U.S. Treasury Bonds, which is another way of saying they’re financing our debt. So we’re borrowing money and loaning it back to them, so they can take steps towards oil independence. That is what I call a lack of vision."
We could definitely use some more common sense in Washington. Here is a link to Pete Ashdown's campaign blog.http://vote.peteashdown.org/journal/
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This is a good post. Giving China a 5 Billion dollar loan is goofy. It seems to me that we are just digging a hole we will not be able to be out of. You are right on with regards to the current administration having no vision.
Our energy policy is no policy. We have the ability to produce energy using clean burning coal and alternative energy resources like Methanol and Ethanol. We do not put much effort into solar or wind power development. We just lack vision.
Our current Washington leadership acts like a runaway train. Hard working Americans people deserve better. Take care.
We need to build more nuclear power plants in the U.S., but financing the construction of Chinese plants with our tax dollars is insane. I found an article from last month in USA Today about the U.S. taxpayer financed nuclear reactor plan for China. The US. House of Representatives voted to block the sale, but the U.S. Senate under pressure from big business interests voted to go along with it. I could not find anything from a web news search about any decision on the part of the House-Senate conference committee on this matter. Here is a link to the article.
http://tinyurl.com/cr5rf
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Thank you for leaving your comments on my site. As I've said before, it is nice to know that there are other Democrats out there who are strongly patriotic but also advocate sane fiscal policies. I hope to hear more from you and other like-minded people.
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