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To: John Hayman who wrote (144454)	8/23/2006 9:38:53 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 152472

John H. Although I am basically a Republican, I hugely disagree that the US should continue the economic course we are taking. Purchases at Wall MArt do little for the US economy and the future of our country. The money has no multiplier -- it goes straight off shore. I really don't want to see the US become a nation of ShopKeepers. First we need to seem the huge outflow to purchase oil from countries that would use this money to destroy the US. We need to bite the bullet and invest in coal to 15 ppm sulfur diesel plus cogeneration plants and stimulate Canadian Tar Sands projects. We need to restart our nuclear program for clean generation of electricity. These are huge construction projects that will stimulate the economy. Auto efficiency standards need to be raised to force conversion to diesel and diesel/electric cars & trucks. The clean diesel technology is available and used in Europe. Fundamentally, diesel engines extract 25% more of the available energy from liquid fuel than do gasoline/alcohol engines. Other infrastructure construction projects should also be funded. This includes mass transit, power grid, water systems, sewage treatment, bridges and highways. These expenditures keep the money in the US and, at the same time, build for the future. Also, we need to make our own people rather than relying so much on importing people from Mexico , Asia, etc. This means that we need to subsidize rather than tax/ignore programs that are conducive to growing healthy, educated US citizens. Australia provides a tax credit for each Australian baby. Cost and availibility of Health care for children, education for children and young adults, day care for children and other issues maket it very hard for those couples that want a larger family in the US. Thus we are stifelling the production of the healthy/ well educated US citizens that we need for the future of this country. The government needs to defent US interests better in trade negotiations. China must sumply be dealt with as a normal trade matter rather than a privalledged case.