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The Economic Impact of the G20 Ending Oil Subsidies

I can see what your saying but just to note i was not saying we should eliminate our military but we can like you say, decrease our spending by 25% and healthcare wouldn't be an issue. Moreover, we'd still have the largest military. A lot of people fail to realize the proportions the gov't spends on things.


On Sep 17 07:47 PM Troy Jensen wrote:

> Just gotta comment here - those wasteful billions ensure global stability.
> Our very presence in the Middle East ensures the lights stay on so
> you can tap that comment on your laptop or fully-charged PDA. Israel
> remains an important piece in maintaining that stability. And assuredly,
> there is nothing random about the countries on the receiving end
> of US military action. Morally, it may be wrong, unjustified, corrupt...take
> your pick, if you like. But maintaining objectivity is critical.
> There is an absolute, critical reason for that projection-of-power
> in the Middle East, and to simply eliminate the United States military
> would be catastrophic for not just the US, but for the world. <br/>
>
> Not taking a stance on the morality of it - them's just the facts,
> and they are absolute. I'm an Objectivist when studying any marketplace
> - I leave politics for arguments with my rather strongly opinionated
> grandmother. ;)
>
> Decrease our military budget by 25% or more, and we won't have to
> worry about any sort of health care debate, to be sure. There would
> be no money for the debate, and far more urgent matters for our leaders
> to then have to attend to. I wish there was a counter-force to help
> maintain order, and we could place those freed budgetary funds into
> whatever would be more beneficial...but we can't.
>
> I do, however, applaud your strong moral stand. It shows conviction
> of the heart and mind, no matter which side of the fence anyone stands
> on. I just think when evaluating an article about G20 oil subsidies
> and their corresponding effect on the economy, politics goes out
> the window - if we are trying to objectively analyze, not further
> any one agenda.
>
> Cheers to all!

The Economic Impact of the G20 Ending Oil Subsidies

Mind you i mean wastefully spend our money in a corrupt healthcare systems as opposed to wastefully spending it into our corrupt military industrial complex and Israel and all that garbage :D


On Sep 17 02:49 PM root wrote:

> In all honesty if you were in their shoes you would live in a cardboard
> box and burn wood for heat and drive a steam powered car??
>
> No matter what side of the fence your on in politics. The facts
> remain that they are influenced by some sort of big business. Whether
> its alternative energy, health care, energy or the military industrial
> complex. Deal with it or rally for an overall change in our govt.
>
>
> Besides I am not really taking a stance on health care but I find
> it funny when so many people are against using our money for something
> that benefits us. But are all for spending hundreds of billions
> yearly on building up our military so we can bomb random middle eastern
> countries like Iraq. Or poor billions into Israel

The Economic Impact of the G20 Ending Oil Subsidies

In all honesty if you were in their shoes you would live in a cardboard box and burn wood for heat and drive a steam powered car??

No matter what side of the fence your on in politics. The facts remain that they are influenced by some sort of big business. Whether its alternative energy, health care, energy or the military industrial complex. Deal with it or rally for an overall change in our govt.

Besides I am not really taking a stance on health care but I find it funny when so many people are against using our money for something that benefits us. But are all for spending hundreds of billions yearly on building up our military so we can bomb random middle eastern countries like Iraq. Or poor billions into Israel


On Sep 17 12:24 PM Socialism cannot compete! wrote:

> Right on, Stephen! This admin is clearly in the tank with the anti-oil
> syndicate, as witnessed by the push for "cap &amp; trade" and the
> biggest farce ever pushed on mankind: "global warming"! Obama and
> Gore both have big stakes in the "carbon exchange" and stand to make
> mega-bucks by pushing their vested interest in such...while living
> in complete hypocrisy with large homes that burn several times the
> energy of the average American home!! I'll start listening to these
> fraudulent goons when their personal actions measure up to their
> rhetoric and when the obvious vested interests are not what is pushing
> their agendas!