Reply #18: Since most Alaskans want to drill in ANWAR... [View All]

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...I don't think that arguing that local industry is going to suffer is very productive.

As I said in my OP, I think that it helps to point out that Republicans don't care about increasing oil output from Alaska since they won't fund a pipeline that runs from existing, productive fields. Also, it helps to point out that Democrats did favor that pipeline because they do, in fact, care about encouraging productive economic development.

I think it also helps to say that the only reason Republicans want to do this is because they think it tells the world that Republicans care about people and Democrats care about birds more than they do about people. But, returning to number one, if the Repubicans cared more about people, they'd be supporting the pipeline instead, and they'd be pursuing other avenues long before they pursued this no-profit boondoggle.