While our leadership focuses on protecting our oil interest in the Middle East, Brazil has become independent of foreign oil. While we continue to provide money, through the purchase of OPEC oil, to the terrorists who seek to destroy us, Europe sets the minimum fuel efficiency standards for automobiles at 42 MPG. The current administration's ties to the American oil industry have closed its eyes to the benefits of higher fuel efficiency standards, research into biofuels, and the pursuit of pollution-free energy.
While America spends $640 billion a year - $53 billion a month - on a war to protect oil, Asian nations are spending on education. Each month, China and India grow closer to surpassing us as the center of the global economy because their populations gain the benefits of government sponsored education at leading American universities. While we focus money on preventing people who want to move here and work for a living, poorer nations are providing free Wi-Fi access to its poorest citizens in hopes of increasing their access to knowledge.
As the 2008 election approaches, ask yourself these questions:
- Will this candidate eliminate our dependence on foreign oil so we can stop funding the terrorist groups that attack us?
- Will this candidate focus more on educating our citizens than it will on arming them?
- Will this candidate fill their political appointments based on merit instead of religious affiliation?
- Does this candidate care more about preparing America for the future or holding on the glory of its past?
No other questions truly matter.
