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To: RetiredNow who wrote (66909)12/17/2009 10:36:26 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
I'm on public option for old people; I have 3 kids who, if all rumors are correct, will get nothing to help them, and will pay taxes for Uncle Sam to give to Jane Doe to give to Humana. They don't mind paying taxes to Uncle to give to the docs directly.

"renewable energy and that's what I care most about in politics."

Me too. When Spaceship Earth is running low on fuel and the life support system is making funny noises, what else is there? Not sure anything will get thru the Senate anyway, but the plan is already a done deal. EPA, cutting the states loose to regulate, the entire fed infrastructure greening up by exec. order and with their operating budgets, etc. We could pass cap'n Trade today, and California would probably still be able to implement our own first. Idaho...Idaho... has already sold a permit related to CO2. Business will have to do it to compete with the rest of the world. Lots of green money in the stim pipeline...high speed rail gets funded in a few months.
I'd always spend more, people like Inhofe can do a lot of damage.