LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Kill domestic energy, kill life quality – Washington Times

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

When President Biden issued his executive order halting the Keystone XL pipeline, he essentially made life harder for the middle class and he jeopardized national security. Our economy and peoples comfort and essential needs are based on oil, natural gas and coal, for manufacturing, farming and other industries. It is also essential for our land, sea and air protection, and it provides transport for people and products. That availability is necessary for responding effectively emergencies, including natural disasters such as fires and floods.

The projected 11,OOO job losses do not take into account the loss of other jobs in manufacturing, transportation and distribution, nor the effect on workers families, taxes and local businesses, which are sure to lose revenue.

We have a huge homeless problem that has not been seriously addressed. Not a few homeless people are drug addicts or alcoholics. Many of them have mental-health issues that have been long neglected. Why are Democrats so eager to reward illegal immigrants and allow the easy access into our nation when we have so many citizens suffering from the effects of longstanding problems, the violent political protests by the left and COVID-19?

By hamstringing the oil, natural-gas and coal industries without first securing an efficient, effectibe energy replacement, Mr. Bidens executive orders are simply wrong.

MARVIN L. HOOVIS

Centerville, Mass.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Kill domestic energy, kill life quality - Washington Times