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Quote: Originally Posted by Think Blue Count One Tow Maybe because the technology is growing so fast that if they buy a solar panel now, it'll be obsolete in 2 years? Or maybe because it's a political issue, and nobody has common sense when it's one of those. This is true. I know a man in bend Oregon who owns a solar business. He told me not to buy yet because it will be outdated in ONE YEAR. this is good for the industry. He...

Quote: Originally Posted by indago Originally Posted by ~joey~: "is it ethical to supply elderly and/or disabled people with social security benefits? doesn't this merely cause elderly and/or disabled people to become dependent on the government?" PAYBACK Thanks for sharing your irrelevant post. But it's not the baby boomers who are going to pay back, I'm afraid, even though they probably should.

1. eliminate the insurance industry. Completely. 2. Fire anyone in government who was associated with the industry. 3. Lower the cost of getting through medical school. 4. Eliminate private health care institutions (Seton, Memorial Herman, etc). 5. All doctors become state employees. And are paid state salaries (good salaries, $60-$80 K, just not the $500K surgeons now make). 6. All health care is free. 7. If needed, put in a nationwide sales...

Quote: Originally Posted by katiegrrl0 through common sense and a little creative thought if 97 of every 100 abortions could be ended that would go a long way to ending what you see as a problem. And as long as abortion presents itself as a 'simple' answer, those fundamental problems won't be changed.

Well if you don't violently hate someone then you might not feel the need to beat the hell out of them because they are darker than you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sturmgeist Then I am all for that...just not at the federal level. The states should decide on the severity of crime and the states only. There are federal crimes and state crimes. This bill applies to the federal crimes, most states have their own hate crime laws for state crimes. For example, if you murder somebody in a state it's a state crime, but if the murder spans multiple states (ie you kidnap somebody...

Quote: Originally Posted by Taxpayer Are you saying that every civilization that allows a person to own land has been destroyed, and been destroyed because they allowed people to own land? Sometimes other factors have destroyed them first. But given enough time, landowner privilege will do it because it converts government into an engine of destruction. The more government tries to undo the damage caused by landowner privilege, the more...

Quote: Originally Posted by proof-hunter Your not going to get any form of reparations. Get real, get a job, and quit acting like your a victim, when we all know that your a victim of your own laziness. And you can take that to the bank of your choice. ... I don't want to get a job and then quit.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebneila What would you suggest these people do. Would you like to see them bring back extermination camps for those you feel cost too much and offer so little in return? they would have to do this for criminals in prison first. Quote: Originally Posted by kmisho Compared to what they make, yes, not by percentage but by burden. Tax brackets run out at about 1/3 for 1/3 of a million. For everything you make above...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jifakir Dude. Any form of capitalism is against socialism. Even social democracy is not real socialism. As long as there are elements of capitalism socialism does not exist. Yes. But we start having trouble wit the different meanings of the word socialism.