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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (20480)	8/3/2001 10:02:47 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

A majority want a tax cut if you just ask them that. A minority want a tax cut if you ask them "do you want a tax cut or strong spending on "essential government services". A majority probably would want a tax cut if you ask them "tax cut or lots of corporate welfare, and wasteful or inefficient spending. If you just ask them separate questions in the same survey you would probably get the same people saying they want a big tax cut plus lots and lots of government spending going there way. That's a big reason for all of the deficits we have had, but if you also ask about that most people would say they want to cut the deficit. I think we may be in a minority in the sense that we actually understand something about how government spends money, what it spends it for, and some of the consequences of this spending. Most people probably don't give it much thought which would explain their inconsistent answers. Tim

To: Lane3 who wrote (20480)	8/3/2001 10:17:53 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

siliconinvestor.com "These embryonic stem cells boast two advantages over the rest of the pack. First, they can develop into any kind of tissue found in the adult body--heart cells that beat or neurons that send chemical and electrical impulses. Second, a single batch of embryonic cells can divide indefinitely in the lab, so supply isn't a problem." If this is true it makes me wonder about the people who recently created new embryos for stem cell research. It would seem that the already created stem cells combined with new stem cells from already created embryos would be more then enough to cover any demand. The only two explinations that I can think of are 1 - They wanted embryonic stems cells with certain genetic charecteristics. 2 - They thought those who opposed stem cell research where stupid reactionary troglodytes and they wanted to rub these peoples faces in it. Tim