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To: LindyBill who wrote (52891)	10/18/2002 2:05:15 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

As opposed to the kind of "Central Planning" you approve of, LindyBill? The kind that installs Tommy Franks in Iraq? Or the kind that the Friends of Cheney did on energy policy? Lest anyone think there is no connection on the first variant, anyway, there is this factoid from a few months back: : Estimated amount the United States spends each year safeguarding oil supplies in the Persian Gulf : $50,000,000,000 Source: Council on Foreign Relations (N.Y.C.) Estimated value of U.S. crude-oil imports from the region last year : $19,000,000,000 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration/ Harper's research harpers.org I don't know, but I figure we'll be pretty lucky to get by with a mere doubling of that $50 billion/ year figure as the Perle Plan goes into effect, 4x is probably more realistic. Ain't no way Iraqi oil's going to pay for that, though it might get some of the Friends of Cheney a little bonus.

To: LindyBill who wrote (52891)	10/18/2002 4:59:24 PM
From: jcky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Statements like this one always smell to me of "Central Planning." I hope you aren't collecting social security checks, LB, because that is the epitome of "central planning." <smile> On a more serious note, the government does not have to directly subsidize an industry to encourage the development of alternative fuel technology. There can be tax incentives to companies or consumers for adopting and developing energy conserving policies or technologies. A case can also be made, whereby, such a paramount and strategic national interest as breaking away from our reliance upon Mideast oil should be a role the US government should actively pursue as its responsibility in the maintenance of a militia to protect American citizens.