Democrats Promise to End Big Oil Subsidies

The Democrats have announced key issues on which they will fight the mid-term elections in November. These include eliminating subsidies for oil and gas companies as well as a 25 percent reduction in oil use by 2020, largely by developing fuel alternatives in the United States. “We want to send our energy money to the Midwest, not the Middle East,” Representative Nancy Pelosi the House leader said.

The Democrats contrasted their “new direction” with that of the Republicans— which they called “the wrong direction”. So go on, tell us what your polices would be on gas prices, energy security and climate change. Not forgetting of course whether we should end subsidies for Big Oil…