You certainly can un-print money. I've been in the local Federal Reserve. They've got a machine the size of a bus that shreds money. It is strange to watch pallets of $100 bills disappearing. You want to say "Just let me take this little stack right here. No one will notice." -- Doug
Everybody agrees "When I think about the economy I think about a plump man who has just been hit by a truck while crossing a street and is in severely critical condition with internal bleeding. Instead of just stabilizing his hemorrhaging, the doctor decides that while the patient is unconscious, he might as well also do a face lift, some coronary bypasses and a stomach-stapling to keep him from gaining weight while he is recovering (if he does recover). After all, a crisis is not to be wasted.
"The problem is that all these ambitious operations create too much of a burden for the human body to bear."
He goes on to discuss the various proposals being touted. For example, why fark with the energy business? It's working. It's humming along without a glitch. It's providing jobs and dependable, affordable energy to everybody in the country - from electricity for your house to diesel for your farm tractor to gasoline for your car. Why take the chance of screwing it up at all, and especially why now?
Actually, when gas prices increased, government revenue went down. Way down. Because people started driving less.
You're correct about them trying new techniques, though. They even have groups working on innovative new revenue streams. I heard rumors about one new scheme recently, and, while details are still sketchy, it is thought to involve blood. And stones.
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:h3gea0$v67$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:
HUH? Obama wants the exact opposite.
Everybody agrees on goals, we differ on methods. Liberals tend to provide for the general welfare through the treasury, conservatives tend to promote the general welfare through the economy.
and people do far better under the conservatives. (when conservatives actually ARE "conservative")
California is the prime example of socialism in the US. THAT is what Obama wants for the entire US. One big 3rd world country.
You're right in one sense: conservatives generally want smaller government, but only as a means to an end. Liberals usually want larger government, but again, only as a means to an end. But there are exceptions to these general rules.
As a conservative, I'm in favor of some branches of government getting bigger.
The military, for example, so we can more efficiently kill our enemies, potential enemies, and the families of either.
Conservatives also tend to favor more prisons.
As an aside, I see where the governors of several states are about to loose several thousand prisoners because the state has budget troubles (Michigan, Massachusetts, and California come to mind).
Say Michigan lets loose 20,000 prisoners before their time. Further, let's assume that 5,000 of these are Heroin addicts (there are 20,000 Heroin addicts in Detroit currently on the street). A Heroin addict will shoot one "paper" (1 gram) of Heroin a day, on average, with a normal street price of $100. Assuming these addicts are thieves of some stripe, they have to steal at least $400 worth of stuff to get their $100 fix (hey, the fence has to make a living).
So, then, 5000 addicts released x $400/day stolen x 365 days a year = $730 million per year drained out of the economy of Michigan. One can quibble with the estimates - maybe only 1000 of the released prisoners are addicts or maybe the street price has gone down to $75 - but the order of magnitude should still be about right.
Sure, it costs* a quite a bit to keep these folks locked up, but it costs society much more to turn them loose.
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I think I saw where it costs Michigan /day to house an inmate. We, in Texas, do if for about . How can we do it so cheaply? Did you ever see the movie "Holes?" I think it was filmed at a Lone Star State institution...
And if we legalized heroin, it would cost $5 (with tax) a day. They won't have to steal and we won't have to lock them up.
Apparently, there is only one air conditioned prison in Texas. A few more 100+ days and the prisoners will escape by melting and flowing under the door.
Right! Obammy wants total socialism for the entire US. Government control over everything. I'm glad you noticed that Libs and Cons do not want the same things.
I didn't think the economy was busted. Taxes too high, that's the problem.
I don't want national health care like Canada (why do you think they come here for medical care? Cause socialism is so wonderful?) or England, the land of green teeth.
I would rather be feared than loved.
He's doing his best to do it instantly. Look at his first
We dug it out once a couple of weeks ago (it's tough to find in a 1,400 page bill)
It's in the House version of the Cap-and-Trade bill, though not as onerous as it sounds. It originally applied to sales of ALL homes but was modified to apply only to NEW construction. It includes the gamut of things down to water heater insulation.
Still, it's the beginning of a federal standard of energy efficiency and it's only a small additional step to impose it on the sale of existing homes.
I've been check Among other provisions that control nearly every aspect of our lives, the Waxman-Markley energy bill has a requirement that forces the entire United States to use a National Building Code based on the green building standards of California. Regardless of whether your house is in Miami, Florida or Bangor, Maine, you'll have to adhere to the standards used in a state that has one of the most moderate climates in the U.S. The construction industry is really going to suffer."
I really don't know anybody in DC that speaks the truth.
Things in Las Vegas will not work in Two Egg, Florida.
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