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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (60282)	4/20/2008 4:18:18 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542192

Mary - what inducements for alternate energy were cut? The reality is that bipartisan idiocy over ethanol and other biofuels is becoming an unmitigated world wide disaster. What inducements were cut? Bob

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (60282)	4/20/2008 4:21:49 PM
From: 8bits	Respond to of 542192

inducements for alternative energy I am not a fan of Bush (nor ethanol) but didn't the ethanol program expand dramatically under Bush...? And isn't an almost sextupling of the price of oil inducement enough for investing in energy alternatives..?

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (60282)	4/21/2008 7:02:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 542192

Even if things are worse in some ways, Bridge Player's post showed quite a lot of ways in which things are better. Reducing regulations 1 - Didn't happen. We are more regulated now. 2 - Reducing regulations is often a good thing. reducing ivestmets on infrastructure Total investment dollars (even in real terms) on any type of investment, is higher. Maybe its lower for some specific category you care about, or maybe its lower per person, or just isn't increasing as fast as it used to, or maybe not. cut spending on healthcare Real per capita spending on healthcare, either total, or just federal, is higher not lower. education Real per capita education spending, real per pupil education spending, real per capita federal education spending, and real per pupil federal education spending, are all up, and not just up a little but up a lot. and inducements for aternative energy Unfortunately such inducements have increased under Bush. I'm not 100% sure if they have increased (in real terms) since Reagan took office, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have. --- And in response to your later post There is a role for the private sector and there is a role for government. There has to be a balance. True. Which is one of the reason why the large increase in the role of, and size of the government bothers me. It moves things away from balance.