Dorgan: Withdraw Iraq reconstruction money, invest in renewable energy.

Dorgan: Withdraw Iraq reconstruction money, invest in renewable energy.

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Dorgan said he plans to introduce the Iraq Self-Sufficiency and American Energy Independence Act when Congress returns. The bill would transfer the unspent reconstruction funds to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Department of Energy.

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“Today, Americans are paying sky high prices for oil and gas, and at the same time the Bush Administration is continuing to spend billions of dollars a year for Iraq reconstruction even though that country has huge budget surpluses. That is a bankrupt strategy,” said Dorgan.

Right on! Sounds like a dam good plan to me. The money would dramatically further the establishment of a true alternative energy market in the USA, lessening our dependence on oil, securing our nation, and setting up our future both economically and energy wise.

This however is a pipe dream because this money is intended to go to the US contractor buddies of Bush and Cheney. See:

Iraq Contracts Have Cost Taxpayers At Least $85 Billion Since Invasion


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[edit on 12-8-2008 by Animal]