I tried to resist responding to this but I couldn't. Shame on me.
Uh, last time I checked the Patriot Act has sunset provisions in it that require Congress to reapprove it.
Sunset provision. Check. Bush Administration wants to ensure that those provisions are not enacted. Check
If you are refering to his not signing the Kyoto treaty that's pretty weak for a "lasting damage" arguement. Not all scientists even agree that global warming is real.
You don't honestly believe - in the wake of overwhealming global evidence (read the latest National Geographic) - that global warming does not exist? Do you?
A few scientists thought that Jews and blacks were naturally inferior during the middle part of the 20th century. They were wrong.
So too are the few scientists that suggest global warming is a myth. It is real and it is getting worse.
And I expect that windelina was also referring to the Bush administrations relaxation of almost every major pollution standard the EPA now barely enforces.
Deficits just mean the government can't grow as fast.
I wrote a major paper about this in college. That isn't all they mean.
The largest portion of the federal budget is not defense. It is maitenance on the federal debt. Fully 1/3 of the federal budget goes to pay off our debt to foreign and domestic banks.
When you run a deficit, that number goes up. All other programs feel more and more strain as that number approaches 1/2 of the federal budget. That, by the way is the interest. We aren't touching the principal.
Eventually, someone has to raise taxes to help pay for that massive interest bill.
Clinton was the most forward thinking politician of our era. He recognized that if you are patient and wait 12-16 years, you can pay down that debt and then you can really cut taxes. None of this 3% for the middle class stuff. We are talking 10 - 20% across the board.
So what does a deficit mean? Higher taxes. Plain and simple, you run a deficit the size this country is running, your taxes will go up. Mark my words.
And how exactly is Kerry going to balance the budget if he expands the prescription drug benefit and nationalizes health care?
That is a good question but nationalized health care has to happen.
A couple conservative economists agreed to this in a fine segment on MPR about a year ago. They pointed out that entrepenourship in the US is way down because fledgling business owners can't afford to cover their own health care let alone that of their employees. To grown this Economy in a real sense, we need to get small business expanding and the only way to do that is to make health care affordable to all Americans.
They also pointed out that most major corporations would be willing to foot the tax bill because the extra taxes wouldn't even come close to the money they would save on lowered premiums for their employees.
I can't wait to see Kerry make us energy independent without drilling for oil anywhere.
"Reduction of dependance on foreign oil" does not mean we'll stop using oil.
It means we push the Auto makers to make more fuel efficient cars (regulations relaxed by the Bush administration).
It means we push the use of alternative/reusable fuel sources (all but ignored by the Bush administration in the push to drill in Alaska).
In my book, it means we cut fuel subsidies so the US is paying as much for gas as the rest of the world. Maybe if we were paying $3.00 a gallon, we would think a little harder before we bought that Hummer.
The oil will not last forever. It will likely not last another 100 years. We MUST find alternate sources before the oil runs out. We don't have a choice.
No, I don't know why I wrote all this. You believe what you believe and I am not about to change your mind.
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Date: 2004-09-10 06:03 am (UTC)Uh, last time I checked the Patriot Act has sunset provisions in it that require Congress to reapprove it.
Sunset provision. Check. Bush Administration wants to ensure that those provisions are not enacted. Check
If you are refering to his not signing the Kyoto treaty that's pretty weak for a "lasting damage" arguement. Not all scientists even agree that global warming is real.
You don't honestly believe - in the wake of overwhealming global evidence (read the latest National Geographic) - that global warming does not exist? Do you?
A few scientists thought that Jews and blacks were naturally inferior during the middle part of the 20th century. They were wrong.
So too are the few scientists that suggest global warming is a myth. It is real and it is getting worse.
And I expect that
Deficits just mean the government can't grow as fast.
I wrote a major paper about this in college. That isn't all they mean.
The largest portion of the federal budget is not defense. It is maitenance on the federal debt. Fully 1/3 of the federal budget goes to pay off our debt to foreign and domestic banks.
When you run a deficit, that number goes up. All other programs feel more and more strain as that number approaches 1/2 of the federal budget. That, by the way is the interest. We aren't touching the principal.
Eventually, someone has to raise taxes to help pay for that massive interest bill.
Clinton was the most forward thinking politician of our era. He recognized that if you are patient and wait 12-16 years, you can pay down that debt and then you can really cut taxes. None of this 3% for the middle class stuff. We are talking 10 - 20% across the board.
So what does a deficit mean? Higher taxes. Plain and simple, you run a deficit the size this country is running, your taxes will go up. Mark my words.
And how exactly is Kerry going to balance the budget if he expands the prescription drug benefit and nationalizes health care?
That is a good question but nationalized health care has to happen.
A couple conservative economists agreed to this in a fine segment on MPR about a year ago. They pointed out that entrepenourship in the US is way down because fledgling business owners can't afford to cover their own health care let alone that of their employees. To grown this Economy in a real sense, we need to get small business expanding and the only way to do that is to make health care affordable to all Americans.
They also pointed out that most major corporations would be willing to foot the tax bill because the extra taxes wouldn't even come close to the money they would save on lowered premiums for their employees.
I can't wait to see Kerry make us energy independent without drilling for oil anywhere.
"Reduction of dependance on foreign oil" does not mean we'll stop using oil.
It means we push the Auto makers to make more fuel efficient cars (regulations relaxed by the Bush administration).
It means we push the use of alternative/reusable fuel sources (all but ignored by the Bush administration in the push to drill in Alaska).
In my book, it means we cut fuel subsidies so the US is paying as much for gas as the rest of the world. Maybe if we were paying $3.00 a gallon, we would think a little harder before we bought that Hummer.
The oil will not last forever. It will likely not last another 100 years. We MUST find alternate sources before the oil runs out. We don't have a choice.
No, I don't know why I wrote all this. You believe what you believe and I am not about to change your mind.