re: #167 reine.de.tout

The Louisiana Department of Economic Development estimates that the active drilling suspension alone will result in a loss of 3,000 to 6,000 Louisiana jobs in the first two to three weeks;
The ban could cost Louisianans more than 10,000 jobs within a few months;

The state risks losing more than 20,000 existing and potential new jobs during a 12 to 18 month period, if the federal panel takes longer than six months to do their reviews and write their reports;

Why would the President of the United States intentionally cripple an entire industry, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk?

I understand the need to reduce our dependance on oil, but holy freaking crap. I didn’t vote for this change.