To alleviate our dependance on foreign oil we must find a way to lessen our dependance on automobiles. Through government funded, owned, and operated high speed rail networks. Many other industrialized nations figured this out a long time ago and still keep making advancements on their rail systems. In addition to helping curtail our use of foreign oil, we would be replacing many of the jobs lost in the last decade, and cutting down on our emissions of greenhouse gasses. Let your favorite presidential candidate know that implenting the TVA helped pull our country out of a depression and now is the time for the government to reinvest in a new plan that will allow Americans to again pull themselves up and thrive once more.
Industrial electrician that lost a job in 2003 due to NAFTA. Marine Corps. veteran. Father of 2, that wants his children to have more of an opportunity than a $14 an hour deadend life.