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Oil Prices Finally Changing Consumer Behavior

PAUL8756 hi bud. RICKH, let me try quickly to explain. right now is probably not the time to jerk the rug out from under oil just as it is not the time to take it out from solar. we already let them get addicted. the weaning process should begin as soon as possible. i will use medical care as an easy example. when i was a kid a doctor would come to your house if needed even in the evening. it was still competitive. best service, cheapest price, then the socialization of medicine and insurance began. the result, look at healthcare costs and insurance costs. government cannot in the long run help unless the end result you desire is a socialist state. as far as i can tell they are to stay out of the affairs of business except to step on monopolies and to intervene if some company is poisoning everyone that is downstream or to make sure some drug is not going to kill you after it makes you feel better for a few days. consider, war on poverty more poverty at great cost to the productive, war on drugs, more drugs at great cost to the bill of rights. real war is what they are supposed to make constitutionally and when not handicapped by u.n. idiocy our military is quite effective. the tennessee state government has imposed a microversion of hillarys nationalized healthcare and it is bankrupting the state. the abuses are rampant. so i know this is simplified and short but i am pressed for time today. in short anytime government says i am here to help grab your loved ones and your wallet and take cover. some may say what about the really big projects like the space program. i consider that as part of our national defense, especially when it began. i still see it as legitimte function and it has generated wealth not just for us but it has trickled down through the world economy. i notice barney frank is trying to stop the mars efforts because he needs that money for buying votes through handouts. when i was a kid welfare was a shame to the recipient. do you like the prospects for socialist security? welfare is still a shame it is just after generations of living like a parasite many now regard it as a right. i do believe in my heart that a return to constitutional government would quickly set our country back on a course of prosperity. there is no such thing as a free lunch. someone has to pay. to many this will seem naive and simplified. i see the proper course as simple. the complications arise because government got involved in the first place. i think a metal backed currency makes more sense every day as events unfold. i am sorry to respond and run but i am forced to try to earn more fiat currency to buy inflated gas and food. i am only semi-retired.