Jimmy Carter Mandatory Conservation

Jimmy Carter's crisis of confidence speech telling us to turn down our thermostat, park our cars, ride the bus, obey the speed limit and that will restore our confidence and conquer our crisis of the spirit. OH BROTHER!

Jimmy Carter:
"I'm proposing a bold conservation program to involve every state, county, and city and every average American in our energy battle. This effort will permit you to build conservation into your homes and your lives at a cost you can afford.

I ask Congress to give me authority for mandatory conservation and for standby gasoline rationing. To further conserve energy, I'm proposing tonight an extra ten billion dollars over the next decade to strengthen our public transportation systems. And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense, I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

Our nation must be fair to the poorest among us, so we will increase aid to needy Americans to cope with rising energy prices. We often think of conservation only in terms of sacrifice. In fact, it is the most painless and immediate ways of rebuilding our nation's strength. Every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.

So, the solution of our energy crisis can also help us to conquer the crisis of the spirit in our country. It can rekindle our sense of unity, our confidence in the future, and give our nation and all of us individually a new sense of purpose."

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[clayp72]

@drfink100 My Grandad used to say that. And he was right.

[drfink100]

I will say this....

My Cable bill is $120.00 per month.

My gas bill is $12.00 in winter seasons.

[drfink100]

@retrop

LOL, I believe utility regulation came out of this speech.

My NAS is set to sleep when I don't need it.

but I digress.

God Bless America!

[jmjfanss]

@drfink100

and pathetic at it, I Do not like socialism, it doesn't work.

[jmjfanss]

@bpm8

This is why I Don't like big government in washington, it only make things worse.

[jmjfanss]

@retrop75

and by getting government out of our business.



[retrop75]

Thank goodness Reagan sold off our energy independence. Now we can be mere pawns to middle eastern countries forever!

[drfink100]

He was too honest to be president....

[bdekraker]

Defeatist mentality of scarcity, vs. positive mentality of abundance.

[bpm8]

this actually makes sense