Small business crippled by Biden energy policy

 Fox Business:

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Ed Burns, vice president of relationships for Burns Logistics in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, told Fox News Digital that Biden's energy policy is "shortsighted," and compared it to "taking a baseball bat" and smacking it into the backbone of America's economy.

"Gas price increases, and particularly diesel fuel costs, are going to hit the average American HARD as the cost of fuel in trucking is typically a pass-through cost to the customer," Burns said. "The shortsighted energy policy of importing our fuel is quickly turning into a disaster for companies and consumers alike. We need to use our natural resources to remain energy independent as a nation. Seventy percent of goods in America are moved by trucks; trucking is the backbone of our economy, and our government's energy policy is taking a baseball bat and smacking it into that backbone."

Adam Rizzieri, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Agency Partner Interactive in Dallas, blasted Biden's "Green New Deal initiatives" that he says are "completely out of touch with reality."

"Small businesses like mine went from being kicked in the teeth by COVID mandates, to held down by the supply chain and job market crisis, and now we're being lectured by progressive elites that say we should be happy to pay $15 a gallon," Rizzieri said. "The average cost of an electric vehicle is over $56,000, which is $30,000 more than your average compact car. The Biden administration and these Green New Deal initiatives are completely out of touch with reality. As we see one avoidable crisis evolve into another, as business leaders, we ask ourselves: ‘When does all of this end?’"

Michael Garabedian, owner of Garabedian Properties Custom Home Builder in Southlake, Texas, says the Biden administration should return the country to being energy independent, and should "incentivize" domestic production of oil and gas.

"Energy costs are a hidden tax on our workforce, which are struggling to fill their tanks to get to job sites," Garabedian said. "I personally [am] flummoxed on how just 18 months ago we were energy independent but are no longer. Domestic oil production is down by about 1.5 million barrels a day and this reduction predates the current European War."
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The Green New Deal is a bad deal for small businesses and for consumers.  It is a bad deal for America and its economy.  It is also a terrible deal for rural residents to have to spend more just to go to town for goods and services. 

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