Joe Biden has been “part of the problem” for nearly half a century. Why is it reasonable to expect him to fix as president what he presided over putting in place as a senator? Shouldn’t we ask better questions of Uncle Joe?
In 2015, Obama-Biden banned new coal plants. By the end of the Obama-Biden term, coal had almost had been killed nationwide. All the major coal companies have since filed for bankruptcy.
Much of this devastation occurred in Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton paid for her offhand and callous remark during the 2016 campaign. She admitted she was about putting the coal industry out of work.
There’s a lot at risk for Pennsylvanians if Biden is elected. As of 2017, fracking had produced an estimated $44 billion in economic activity. In Pennsylvania there were 322,000 direct and indirect jobs and $1.5 billion in impact taxes to the state. That reporting is according to a report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute.
Energy policy matters in Pennsylvania and for America
A fracking ban would do a lot more than just cripple the Pennsylvania economy. Gas prices would skyrocket nationally. The nations will lose our energy independence. America will revert to the Carter administration price shock, lines for gas and we would become dependent on foreign oil once again.
Our newfound energy dominance will evaporate. The broader economy would suffer. The national security would once again depend on politics in the Middle East. Is anyone seeing a downside here?
Time and again Joe Biden says one thing in Pennsylvania. Then behind the backs of Pennsylvanians, he says he will ban fracking. Maybe we should believe what he does. Joe’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He will say whatever advances his goal. His goal is to win the election. The ends justify the means.
Is it fair to hold Joe accountable to his past actions? We all know it feels a little mean to ask hard questions of a man… well past his prime. But he is the Democrat candidate for the Presidency. We have to know if he has the capacity to do the job.
