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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (127650)	1/18/2010 11:46:07 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 206121

Good points!

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (127650)	1/19/2010 4:34:00 AM
From: Bearcatbob	1 Recommendation Respond to of 206121

"No, the killer is that we have to foot the bill to station the 5th carrier fleet in a small section of the world that would be otherwise struggling to make it to the industrial age" I believe an "oil defense" tax - or a "Persian Gulf security" tax would be appropriate. I also think the other countries of the world who benefit from our expense should contribute. I do not believe oil includes these costs. Of note - only a small amount of our oil comes from there - but the fungibility of oil makes this irrelevant. True markets should reflect real costs. However, these costs should be real and measurable - not hypothetical. Defense costs are real and increasingly beyond our ability to afford at current levels. Bob