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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (110)9/6/2006 1:26:20 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
"Taxes are bad for business. Environmental standards are bad for business. Car mileage standards are bad for business." So, we deferred to business, and now we don't have any.

We don't have any what? Businesses? No there are plenty of those. Taxes? Of course not, we pay a lot in taxes. Environmental standards? I couldn't fit a hard copy of environmental the regs in the us in my car. Mileage Standards? They still exist.

JFK cut taxes he didn't raise them. And we are the world's richest nation. In absolute terms we are the richest nation by far. In per capita terms we aren't the richest but we are close and I'm not sure were where the richest in JFK's time either.

What does deferring to business get you?

How exactly do you define deferring to business? A lot of our polices would not qualify. More importantly I'm not seeking a deferment to business, but rather more of a free market system. Deferring to business gets you things like sugar import quotas, farm price supports going to agribusiness, corporate welfare and regulations that restrict competition.

Current mileage standards in the US...24 mpg, Cal 25mpg, the rest of the world, 28-46 mpg; who are we gonna sell cars to?

Can you develop that argument. It doesn't make much sense as is.

Tim
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