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jay behrensJeff, I fully understand that oil is not the only issue, but it is THE driving issue. Terrorism, WMDs and other things are just a good cover to hide the fact that want to keep the cheap oil flowing. Do you think we would have ignored Afghanastan if they had the oil reserves that Iraq does?
Scott, your stock portfolio increasing has little to do with middle class tax cuts. It ahs more to do with corporate welfare and tax cuts for the wealthy. Sit down and watch Lou Dobbs. He does a much better job of explaining it than I can. In a nutshell, since W took office, real wages are down 5% and the gap between the middle class has wider than ever.
Jim, we saw what deregulation of the energy industry did to CA and what happened with ENRON. Sadly, becuase of corporate greed and malfecence there needs to regulations in place otherwise we will end like we were in the early industrial age with businesses showing no concern for damage to the environment or the health and saftey of the people that work for them. Lord knows given today's corporate climate they wouldn't be doing any of that becuase it cuts into the bottom line. They do it because they have to. They wouldn't if they didn't. What shackles do the oil industry have? They are making records profits. So what's their excuse for not developing better resources and alternative fuels?
I agree that there should be a Manhattan Project for developing alternative energy sources. Just think, if we aren't dependent on oil we can tell everyone in the Middle East and Hugo Chavez to go take a flying leap and let them do what they will.
Jay
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