reply to post by Ntity
Obama's environmental regulations are a pale second to regulations that Clinton put out and that the "Clear Skies" initiative, mostly gutted.
Where did people get the idea that they are going to get cheaper gasoline, and electricity in their houses if they got rid of environmental
regulations? Probably from the PR departments and lobbyists on TV -- much as the "on no!" prices will rise because we don't dump things in the air.
Even if that were true -- you pay far more for dirty air than you do for cheaper gas. Save a penney now, lose a dollar later. Bush's tax breaks for
the wealthy are costing us now, in interest on the debt purchased by China. And soon they will be borrowing money, just to pay the debt interest.
Soon, the payments on interest on our debt will be as much as the military costs.
That isn't due to Obama's bailout -- that was in the cards when we were cutting taxes and short changing the environment. It all went into executive
bonuses. The stimulus package, will probably mean MORE revenue into our tax base. But to explain that, I'd have to undo all the corporate propaganda
that has people thinking that education costs money but bombs don't.
You will be charged by the marketplace -- as much as you are willing to pay. And the rest is going to wages, costs, profits, and executive
compensation.
While everyone was TOLD the auto unions were getting $75 an hour, it was a lie. The average new worker makes $28 an hour -- three dollars more than
the non-union worker. The news media lied to everyone, by rolling in the cost of retirement and health benefits. Remember that pensions are actually
the money OWNED by the employee. The company gets a benefit by using that money -- but it doesn't own it. So pay-outs of pensions due workers is not
salary.
The cost of labor in a Ford car is 10%. The cost of executive compensation is 40%. All we heard about is what concessions workers were going to
make.
Why do you think we get lied to in order to make Unions look bad and cover up the excesses of executives?
>> The companies paying for lies to be spread, so you don't realize that global warming is taking place, are doing it for a reason. Being forced to
go to the gas pump and have a fleet of cars that get no more Miles to the Gallon than did the Model T (and it used alcohol), means more money for
them.
These people lying to you are getting paid.
The scientists who say there is global warming -- and their are thousands. Are very smart and made good grades. They could have made MORE money
pushing around paper. So keep that in mind when you listen to corporate shills and Bill O'Reilly or Neal Bortz.
India also had a record hot winter. And over half the USA had average or
above average temperatures last winter. So not really that cold. 
