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Quote: Originally Posted by OGRE I understand that things are nasty and global. What then would you propose anyone do about it? To say it's too late is not an answer... I am not a revolutionary. Therefore, there is nothing I can propose that can be done about it.

Quote: Originally Posted by OGRE I didn't mean that the debt problems are not our problems. I meant that they are owned (caused by) the government. Individuals are only partly responsible, by way of voting. It makes the problem visible to those who otherwise would not pay attention. You have to identify a problem before attempting to fully understand it. Bush didn't run based on some level of "transparency." Obama...

If parasites kill "ONLY" 5% of our population, how many more parasites do we need to breed to get the number killed down to zero? That is the same question as "How much more government will get unemployment down to zero and return prosperity?" It doesn't work. Fixing our economy to the benefit of our citizens is NOT the goal of our administration. "Fixing" it to THEIR benefit IS.

Quote: Science doesn't move at the "speed of economics". The "alt sources" we've been "noodling about with" are nowhere close to oil's utility and portability...and "more research and technology" isn't going to get them there. We will simply have to use energy far more efficiently than we have been using it. There is will the greatest advancements will...

Quote: Originally Posted by lwdc The fact is that there have always been more than two political parties in this country. But now there are only two that have the imprimatur of the issuer of the currency, so those two are the only ones that count. To the issuer of the currency, it matters not who makes the laws. That is a troubling concept, lets just pretend one side is good and the other is bad so we can hope the good side will save us. Of...

No tax is really a "good" tax, they all distort something... I'd have to pick consumption over income though.

I cut and stack my own wood (actually, I get it from my father-in-law, who will then transport it down to my house for me. "Payment" is that when I cut and split the wood for myself, I cut, split, and stack a portion of his wood as well). I haven't paid attention to prices for years.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zanger Your argument assumes no heat is dissipated by the Earth into space via radiation. I'm not entirely sure that's true, but I may be wrong. It all depends on the characteristics of the surface replaced by a solar panel, and the usage of the electricity produced by the solar panel. MY assumption is that the use of photovoltaic solar panels would result in almost no change in heat, not that they would...

Quote: Originally Posted by lwdc The problem isn't even American. It is global. The title of your thread is titled, "The Obama Administration and the Democrats' Cold War with the American Taxpayer." That title does not tell me that the author understands what the problem is. I understand that things are nasty and global. What then would you propose anyone do about it? To say it's too late is not an answer...

Quote: Originally Posted by RickRhetoric The Bush administration is partly to blame. The naive, trusting and gullible Bush wasn't paying attention when Democrats sneaked in a law that mandated banking institutions to give all "poor" people and illegal aliens home loans without having to pay them back. The giveaway crashed the housing market. Also Democrats refused to let America drill its infinite amount of oil; harvest...