Domestic oil production needed

GOP Plans would add to debt. Obama plans would add to the debt. Why would these two statements surprise anyone?

Trying to protect yearly revenues and expenditures is difficult even when the world is not in chaos. We could blame a lot of things for this challenge but one word “gasoline” is a big culprit!

The gas price at the pump has fluctuated a great deal. When it goes down, people go more and they spend more money. This causes tax money to be more available for local, county, state and federal governments.

However, when the gas price rises toward the $4 level, people tend to stay home and revenues decrease. Gas prices above $4 would cause severe decreases in tax revenue.

The situation in Iran and various other hot spots has caused a recent surge in prices at the pump. As long as we play the humanitarian card we can expect gasoline to be more expensive. If we want to have stability in our country and our lives we must do more in the way of drilling for more oil ourselves. It also wouldn’t hurt if we utilized our northern neighbor’s oil reserves before Canada makes a deal with China!

Gerald Ray, Spokane