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So the Administration taxes us and then uses that money to subsidize technology that can't make it on its own in the open market. Once these subsides distort the market to make traditional energy options artificially high it forces us to go to the "green" energy sources and products. Then they realize that they are now losing revenue from their beloved fuel tax so they then have to tax us even more.
Sounds perfectly wonderful.
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oh, you mean the oil industry - subsidized on drilling, transport, refining, marketing..
Then gets tax breaks for existing and selling the American citizen's oil back to them at a premium price?
Those tax breaks that the GOP have fought so hard to keep in place.
THAT TECH?
I guess, as usual, the pretend conservatives believe only in the continuation of a corrupt system that assures their childten and their children's children are further enslaved.
Great legacy you bring your post born.
Now I know why you want the pre-born protected. You get off on seeing torture, enslavement and degradation of your offspring
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That is the biggest pile of crap I have ever heard, and frankly you sound like an idiot.
I'll drive your piece of crap electric cars and buy solar panels and all the other green bulls**t when it can stand on its own two legs without government forcing it down our throats. All your wind, solar, green options have been around for 20+ years and yet they still can't produce a unit of energy anywhere near as cheap as fossil based fuels.
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I know my logic seems quite simplistic but we are talking about the government. They stay 2 steps ahead by failing to keep up.
Also, My business partner just purchased and Aston Martin Rapide. The damn car has a black box in it that records distance, speeds, times, etc. The box is probably in there due to some British requirements (not that I would actually know). That is probably the reality of where these things are heading though... black boxes in the car.
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rjwillickMay 11, 2011
coming soon to the U.S.A!
laminarflowMay 12, 2011
lol. Yep it is around the corner.
http://usawatchdog.com/economic-recovery-2011-there-is-no-recovery/
brsox2445May 12, 2011
This has been happening since 1937 (the first year the government borrowed from the SS surplus).
Social Security should be turned into a quasi-private-public entity similar to the Federal Reserve.
barackalypseMay 12, 2011
The Federal Reserve hasn't worked out so well either. It should be eliminated, the Government has shown time and time again it is incapable of managing something like this.
brsox2445May 12, 2011
I agree the Federal Reserve is not run well, but it isnt that way because of its private-public mixed ownership.
peppermintpigMay 12, 2011
Legal tender law, lack of oversight on inflation of currency. Giving money to foreign banks and domestic corporations as well arbitrarily.
It's all kinds of corrupt and destructive.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
I'm a big fan of privatization but privatizing our currency system is lunacy, yet this is what we have with the Fed.
Privatizing social security would be great though.
JustSayNoPartyMay 12, 2011
I haven't quite joined you in the zealous run to Privatizing everything. It makes sense in some areas.
Privatize Prisons? That's not working so well. Private roads with toll booths everywhere? I don't like that either. Even parts of our electric grid are privatized with parts going without maintenance because its not profitable.
Long stroy short, I can meet you half way on this push for privatization.
brsox2445May 12, 2011
I would have trouble supporting privatizing social security. I tend to consider myself moderate on fiscal issues and extremely liberal on social issues.
The problem i have with privatizing social security you will have to find a way to smooth out returns. I mean if you invest that money in the stock market then people who would retire during a bust period (such as 2008) you are royally screwed.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
@brsox2445 that's part of being responsible with your money. Those who managed their 401ks properly and reduced the stock risk and increased their bond holding as they moved closer to retirement had no major issues with the recession.
I want to be able to opt out of SS, my monies should go into a 401K or similar account that I have full investing control over. For people that are illiterate when it comes to managing their money they can choose to keep their money with the government.
I believe right now the rate of return for SS is 91c for every $1 you put in. That's a real win right there.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
The government doesn't run the federal reserve. It's a private bank that does whatever it wants. That's the real problem.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
Digg, where people try to bury facts.
brsox2445May 12, 2011
The government may not run it, but it has an extremely heavy-handed role in its policy decisions. Much of the district bank's role has been diminished as time as gone on. the BOG (Board of Governors) has gotten much more power than the District Banks.