when all is said and done, the Keystone XL pipeline will only sustain about 50 full-time jobs. That’s it. And let’s just look at a glaring reality that millions of Americans seem to not understand: This is not American oil nor is the Keystone XL an American pipeline. This pipeline will take Canadian oil down to the Gulf of Mexico to be shipped out and sold on the global market at whatever price oil is going for at that particular time. Let me reiterate this again: The Keystone XL pipeline has nothing to do with American oil, helping America’s energy independence or anything at all to do with anything remotely related to the United States as it relates to satisfying our energy needs and demands. This is a pipeline that will cut straight through the heart of the United States so that TransCanada can sell their oil at the going global market rate… with most of it probably ending up in China. And what will the United States ultimately end up with? About 50 jobs and a massive pipeline over 1,000 miles long that will almost assuredly be responsible for some kind of catastrophic oil spill sometime in the future. While Republicans distract simplistic minds with the false promise of thousands of jobs, these people never stop to ask themselves, “Hmm, how exactly will helping Canada sell their oil on the global market help the United States gain energy independence?” Republicans really hope Americans don’t start asking that question because the answer is very simple: It won’t. And the GOP is doing everything it can to distract Americans hoping that they’ll never figure that out.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:12:13 +0000
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