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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Road Walker who wrote (373793)3/12/2008 12:00:19 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (3) of 1572965
 
The investment, 6 years ago, would have brought us a lot closer to oil efficiency

We have made great strides in energy efficiency.

and relative independence

Energy independence isn't a reasonable national level goal.

As for spending hundreds of billions of extra dollars, well it seems like that's what the Democrats want to do, although most of it won't be for energy independence.

"In an effort to satisfy their insatiable appetite for more government spending, the Democrat Majority Party plans to increase spending by nearly $300 billion above the President’s budget request and create 16 reserve funds—mechanisms for additional tax and spending increases outside budget levels. And to finance this runaway spending"

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