OPINION:
The U.S. economy is still being held hostage to foreign oil. We still dance to - and cringe at - artificially set gas prices. This urgent topic seems lost amid the current Libya upheaval, yet while we bankroll our enemies via petrodollars, we have massive national debt, which continues to mount.
@-Text.normal:This debt amounts to several trillion dollars. When politicians dictate, we “write off” the debt other nations owe to the United States. Why, then, can we not be forgiven our own such debt?
Perhaps that proposal will gain credence in the years ahead - especially as we allow foreign oil to impede our economic progress in this nation.
@-Text.noindent:JOE HAMMELL
Waynesboro, Pa.
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