The article illustrates how the Federal Reserve is dealing with the economy. Even though the unemployment rate has gone down, other factors still play a role in fixing the economy. They are going to try to stabilize price by reinvesting principal payments in holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage and so on.

The article illustrates the need for to stop using oil and finding new sources of energy. The main idea is that Canada has provided oil to the US for many years. Canadians wanted to to have a pipeline run from their country to Texas, but the US environment lobby has been able to deny this causing many people to not have a job. The environmentalists have been saying that the pipeline would destroy sensitive land and that they should be looking for ways to produce renewable resources.