Drew Horn

Soda Tax? No Free Lunch, Nor Cheap Soda

The last sentence should have been: It would be better to isolate them so they can't harm the rest of us.


On May 12 04:51 PM Drew Horn wrote:

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> Sparekyman, you protest without thinking it through. Ending slavery,
> over time, allowed former slaves to do be free to make choices. Ending
> the useless "war on drugs" would do the same. For 50 years or more
> we have been trying to use jails to solve the drug problem and it
> is worse than ever. Its time to stop wasting resources on an attempt
> to make those who don't want to live a decent life change their habits.
> I would be better to isolate them so they can harm the rest of us.
>
>
> On May 12 03:45 PM sparkyman78610 wrote:

Soda Tax? No Free Lunch, Nor Cheap Soda

Sparekyman, you protest without thinking it through. Ending slavery, over time, allowed former slaves to do be free to make choices. Ending the useless "war on drugs" would do the same. For 50 years or more we have been trying to use jails to solve the drug problem and it is worse than ever. Its time to stop wasting resources on an attempt to make those who don't want to live a decent life change their habits. I would be better to isolate them so they can harm the rest of us.

On May 12 03:45 PM sparkyman78610 wrote:

> Thats right! Legalize and tax it. Gambling and prostitution should
> be next. Kinda makes you wonder why we wasted billions of dollars
> and millions of lives on slavery. We should of kept it legal and
> taxed the plantations owners per head. Right?

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Shaggieman, thanks for the positive comment.

Looking at the history of the US, we started exploiting natural resources followed by efficient manufacturing + building the potential of average people ( free libraries, land grant colleges, etc.) to contribute. In the last 70 years we developed computers that give us the potential to solve problems previously insoluble. Its time to move beyond the concepts that started in the 19Th century (automobiles) by using our technical skills and our ability to manage risks (government seed money + venture capital).

If we believe our own rhetoric, there is no other useful option!


On Mar 26 12:43 PM Shaggieman wrote:

> Drew you hit on something there. I think if the government fibers-up
> every house in America (where it makes sense to do) then a lot of
> trips become unnecessary. I believe the new Obama package has some
> money in there for that purpose.

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Trying to "fix" car companies isn't likely to solve the basic problems of the transportation industry and will only put a temporary prop under companies that have long lost the sense of imagination and creativity that was their foundation. We would be better served if tax resources were given to a consortium of creative thinkers (Stanford, MIT, RPI and the like) with the assignment of fundamentally changing the basic approach to moving from place to place. Helping GM without addressing the failings of our current transportation paradigm is like putting money into newspapers. We all know they will and must change but the direction isn't clear. GM & Chrysler operate the equivalent of obsolete printing presses. We need to focus on the "Internet" of transportation!