Demolition Dem-enomics

Driving from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, the stream of cars backed up to pay the toll seems to go on forever. New Jersey is the only state where drivers have to pay to leave on practically every possible route. And with the highest taxes in the nation, visitors soon realize that whatever the toll at the border, it’s worth it. Leaving New Jersey is like getting divorced from a bad marriage; pay whatever it takes.

Actually, many vehicles in that routine daily traffic tie-up contain suburbanites returning home after a hard day’s work. However, to liberals these individuals are just scofflaws unfairly escaping the outrageous taxes of their “social justice” going ever more out of control. So with a wicked witch’s pledge of “I’ll get you my pretties,” they plan to raise gas prices until they squeeze the life out of American suburbia.

Apparently, housing and the property taxes that ownership entails in New Jersey and New York City are high enough that many endure waiting for hours in horrendous traffic just to get home. But Democrats with their constantly responding “Nyet” to new drilling will force many to finally give up the long commute. Who needs OPEC when there’s Democrats imposing an oil embargo from congress?

As many suburbanites no longer able to afford driving to work begin selling their homes, others are going to get stuck with homes they cannot sell in effect getting screwed royal. Forced to move closer to jobs, but unable to unload the big mortgage they will go bankrupt in record numbers making the current financial woes seem petty in comparison.

With suburban homes unlived in and left uncared for, “ghostubias” will form all over America’s landscape like forgotten Old West towns appearing as the gold ran out. This suburban plight will be just another success story for Democrats who have created urban blight with their free market unfriendly policies.

Democrats blame oil companies and speculators for America’s energy problems as a diversion to the real culprits, Democrats themselves, but their biggest lie is, “We can’t drill our way out of the crisis.” Yet, that’s precisely how they got America into this one. It’s like an old tale of a squirrel that partied his days away instead of gathering nuts like his fastidious comrades.

But, when as cold weather came, he became distressed and began thinking maybe collecting nuts would actually be a good idea, but then a pack of donkeys surrounded him and said, “Silly squirrel, you can’t gather nuts to solve your coming winter hunger.” Unfortunately, Americans have allowed far too many “demo-nuts” to collect in congress.

And the greatest nut of them all is Squeaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi who literally extinguished the lights and cut power. Last month forcing a recess and taking a long vacation while many Americans had to curtail theirs, Pelosi wanted to not only stop debate but also prevent a vote on drilling for new oil.

Republicans for their part refused to stop debating even when the lights went out. But Pelosi probably believed that the CO2 saved from her imposition of darkened democracy is enough to offset her inappropriate military jet flight back to California. But, there’s really no need for concern because whatever the fuel price, Princess Pelosi will fly on the taxpayer’s dime as much as she wants. Pelosi thinks her job is to save the planet, while she lets Americans suffer from her repressive rule.

In reality, Democrats shouldn’t have recessed because their precious off shore oil drilling ban will be lifted automatically on September 30^th. When President Bush removed the executive order banning drilling, oil futures dropped significantly. So much for those evil speculators Democrats accuse of driving up the price.

So, Bush has actually accomplished more to lower gas prices (already evident at the pumps) than anyone else in America, and more than releasing oil from the strategic reserve could ever do. Bush dropped gas prices even before one drop was drilled proving that energy costs are extremely dependent on the party in control.

No doubt, Democrats if they win will act fast after the election to continue their embargo. But to win the election, Barack Obama and his Democrat cohorts have accused that support for oil drilling is just being political. If so, then why has Obama proposed limited off shore drilling as well? So, is this just a political stunt?

Actually, it’s just more Democrat demagoguery. Say whatever to get elected, then turn around and continue the same failed policies that never work every time they’re tried. But unable to gain control of suburbia like they’ve done with the inner cities, they’re just going to starve suburbanites of energy. Like an out of control wrecking crew demolishing the American Dream wherever it manages to flourish.