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To: Zincman who wrote (10911)	7/8/2009 1:45:36 PM
From: jrhana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

<don't assume the Govt is acting in the best interest of the people. And that's the rub.

To: Zincman who wrote (10911)	7/8/2009 2:06:09 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

don't assume the Govt is acting in the best interest of the people.. Government acts in the best interests of itself. In the United States, where mob rule "democracy" has all but obliterated the constitutional republic we started out with, the political whores who run the show will go wherever the majority of the votes are. It would be hard not to argue that the bottom line, for most people, is economic prosperity and the best possible living standards. When this becomes compromised, the more painful it gets, the more widely the issue trumps all other concerns. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict that when (not if) the greenie econut agenda causes enough economic pain and hardship (which it will), the backlash will be severe. Our economic prosperity has been built on energy sources that work, and trying to force changes, rather than letting them evolve as market conditions dictate, is a recipe for quite unpleasant consequences. The only question in my mind is when the tipping point will occur...