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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7577)	1/26/2012 5:02:46 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

"Smaller more efficient military to accomplish such missions as we did with binLaden and the recent one in Somalia." yeah that will work with the Chinese

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7577)	1/26/2012 5:04:33 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"My gawd, Newt said yesterday he would have a maned station on the Moon in eight years! Now how the holly hell does one do that and still claim to be a fiscal conservative? Noooooooooo - you guys don't even know what fiscal conservative means I swear!" Have you ever seen the list of the stuff NASA has invented. NASA spending has been the best thing we have done since the Lousiana purchase

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7577)	1/26/2012 5:22:57 PM
From: grusum	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I would increase the tax on oil to make it account for the environmental cost that capitalism just does allow in the cost. so you'd raise gas prices on everyone? that's not fiscal conservatism either. you might penalize oil companies for pollution, but that would only encourage government to keep their subsidies alive. they wouldn't want to kill the host. you know, fine 'em, but don't fine 'em too much. gotta keep those 'revenues' comin' in. the fact is that poor nations can't afford to clean up after themselves. only wealthy nations can afford that. lawsuits and public relations (self-interest) in a wealthy nation would keep the air and water cleaner than corrupt legislators ever could. if you really want a cleaner environment, concentrate on building wealth so that it can easily be done. one more thing, how is cap'n'tax fiscally conservative?