President Obama: The oil industry is going through a tumultuous period. So, desperate times calls for desperate measures, one that only you can enact. The same measures that you effectively used to save the lives and jobs of millions of families employed in the finance and automobile industries.
The oil price has crashed to unseen levels over the past year wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and caused dozens of bankruptcies and continues to do so this year. It is not the big corporations that need your assistance but the ordinary everyday worker who is looking to put the next meal on the table. Going by your high standards, we request you to set politics aside and lend your support to bail out our oil industry, when realized, will leave behind a legacy that you will be proud of.