Gas Prices: We Are Being Played by the Government

As gas prices rise and demand decreases due to economic conditions, the following excerpts show how energy and food are being used by the government to manipulate these commodities for their own purposes.  The Obama administration's views on energy have been inconsistent and without logic. The coal industry has been decimated by government regulations and labor unions to make the cost of this form of energy necessarily skyrocket.

The law requires 40% of corn production in the United States to be used to make ethanol. The energy required to make a gallon of ethanol is approximately the same energy that is released in its combustion so the net energy production is zero. The reality is that ethanol reduces the mileage per gallon so the average American must buy about 10% more ethanol based gasoline to drive the same amount of miles.

Who wins? The government collects another 10% in taxes. What are the consequences?

1. Reduced mileage/increased energy usage
2. Increased taxes
3. Motor/hose corrosion
4. Higher corn prices
5. Higher livestock prices

We are being played by the government but the real goal is control. Whoever controls your food and energy controls you. Liberty guarantees our freedom and it will be defended. How do I know? Because the government understands this core founding principle and knows we will defend ourselves but more importantly, we will defend Liberty. Do you really think the National Weather Service will be receiving those hollow point bullets?

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