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: I don't understand why you can't see that. If we drill our own oil, then we don't send $700 billion abroad to countries that don't care for us. The argument states that even if we didn't drop the price of gas one nickle, we have just secured America from financing nations that wish us harm.--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 19:45, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

: I don't understand why you can't see that. If we drill our own oil, then we don't send $700 billion abroad to countries that don't care for us. The argument states that even if we didn't drop the price of gas one nickle, we have just secured America from financing nations that wish us harm.--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 19:45, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

::You equated oil drilling with ''energy'' security, not ''economic' security.  If we drill it and then sell it to other nations that bid more, the profits go to the shareholders of the companies that produced the oil. Sure we get jobs, and even some tax revenue but drilling more of a finite resource now just accelerates its depletion - security comes from developing long term alternatives.  A true fiscal conservative thinks and plans long term like Warren Buffet, instead of focusing on short-term gains like Donald Trump. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 20:17, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

::You equated oil drilling with ''energy'' security, not ''economic'' security.  If we drill it and then sell it to other nations that bid more, the profits go to the shareholders of the companies that produced the oil. Sure we get jobs, and even some tax revenue but drilling more of a finite resource now just accelerates its depletion - security comes from developing long term alternatives.  A true fiscal conservative thinks and plans long term like Warren Buffet, instead of focusing on short-term gains like Donald Trump. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 20:17, 7 August 2008 (EDT)