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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (92949)	4/12/2003 8:03:28 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sooner or later, we are going to recognise oil imports as our Achilles heel, a weak point in our national security that must be addressed. If we are smart, we'll do this before it becomes a crisis. It drives me nuts that most Republicans seem to refuse to accept this....reducing our dependence on oil isnt an enviromental issue, it is a national security issue. I am no way shape or form an enviromentalist (I support drilling in ANWAR) but this issue just seems obvious to me. Phasing in higher gasoline taxes (balanced by corresponding tax cuts elsewhere) seems to be the easiest way to start the process. If the Democrats have any brains they will absolutely hammer away at this issue....of course, I think they are on the wrong side of the ANWAR issue, so it may not work. Slacker