By fully exploiting oil and natural gas reserves in the U.S., Gingrich said the country could create more than a million new jobs, save $500 billion in revenue being sent overseas and generate $16 to $18 trillion in royalties from allowing federal land and offshore seas to be drilled.
"(The royalties) would actually come in the next generation to somewhere between $16 and $18 trillion...about as much as the national debt. So if you sequestered it over here and balanced the budget, you could use the oil and gas royalties to actually pay off the national debt," he said.
"So, in one strategy, you quit bowing to the Saudis and you quit bowing to the Chinese. Because you buy back your debt with the money that used to go to the Saudis."
In addition, Gingrich said such a strategy would reduce gas prices below $2.50 a gallon, as opposed to the $5 to $6 a gallon prices he said would come with another Obama term. Such price increases would lead to another economic recession
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