The U.S. MUST Lead!

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Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for American leadership in energy innovation, for the sake of jobs, health, and patriotic pride.

"Congress should remember that its job is not to block policy to gain politically. Its task is to to keep America great. We can clutch the status quo with all of our might, hoping the oil will never run out or we will not pollute ourselves to death. But what will that do to make us competitive as the rest of the world moves forward with an energy policy for the future? This is an issue of global competitiveness."

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for American leadership in energy innovation, for the sake of jobs, health, and patriotic pride.

"This is not about hugging trees.... It is about jobs, health and national security.

Congress should remember that its job is not to block policy to gain politically. Its task is to to keep America great. We can clutch the status quo with all of our might, hoping the oil will never run out or we will not pollute ourselves to death. But what will that do to make us competitive as the rest of the world moves forward with an energy policy for the future? This is an issue of global competitiveness.

We want to be in that position of leadership. We must create an energy policy for the future. We cannot fall behind.

Congress: do not let us look to Algiers and Brussels in 20 years and say: 'How did they beat us to the future?' 

 Let the US lead the way, as it always has."

Check out the full op ed in the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/338b40e6-f9f0-11e2-b8ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2bmBVWxBO