Word: petrobelt
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...since last autumn, complain that decontrol will just make matters worse. Says Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy of Carter's program: "It's bad economic policy, it's bad energy policy, and it's bad for the country." Legislators from Texas, Oklahoma and other petrobelt states argue that Carter's tax is unnecessary and that oil companies would spend the profits of decontrol on the search for more petroleum anyway...
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