1 the oil belongs to Canada
2. after the oil is refined it still belongs to Canada
3. we import the majority of our oil from Canada
4. the refined oil goes on the global market to be sold to whoever at golbal prices
5. the only certainty is the oil companies will profit
6. our reserves are full
7. our refineries are running skeleton crews and refining little or nothing
8. the pipeline will have little effect on prices at the pump
now .. granted the Republicans want the pipeline regardless
the pipeline will take 24 months to cpmplete
Obama signed off on the lower portion in March
by the time its finished its a very good possibility the rest of the project will start moving forward, and more than likely before the first of the year.
the pipeline will create jobs, how many is yet to be determined, but jobs nonetheless ... leading up to and during a presidential election when the main focus on candidates is JOBS.
the republican party and their faithful followers get their moot pipeline
the democratic party gets a few more months of favorable unemployment reports and possibly lowers unemployment up to, and right before an election.
imagine that