Market forces will solve nation's energy problem

Comments on Topix forums : With regard to Dr. Kalinowski's commentary, "A policy that combats America's oil addiction," , about how to solve America's addiction to oil: His proposed policy has been advocated in ...

[John Kuhlman]

You are guilty to two transgressions: (a) you are dreaming and (b) you are under the impression that name-calling will solve national problems. Like President Hoovere and the conservatives during the great depression, we just need to wait until confidence is restored and everything will be all right. For the very wealthy, that may be OK, but for the rest of us, we don't have the resources to wait.

[Mr Black]

There is no answer to problems if Democrats impose such regulation on anything but what they want.

But with Capitalism yes it will solve

[timpeck]

Hoover and the Progressives caused the Great Depression.

FDR made it worse.

The Federal Reserve carries on the tradition by causing inflation, malinvestment and business cycles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[timpeck]

The writer is correct that communism does not work. But even if it did, it would still be wrong.

Communism "does not work" BECAUSE it is immoral.

[klemn]

timpeck wrote:

Hoover and the Progressives caused the Great Depression.
FDR made it worse.
The Federal Reserve carries on the tradition by causing inflation, malinvestment and business cycles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

So, using your logic since Bush appointed Bernanke and he has lowered interest rates so low to try to make Bush and his corporate cronies look good, Bush has actually raised our taxes. Thanks for pointing out the Bush tax increase because like everything else he has done he tried to do it under the table. Also thanks for pointing out how bad FDR was for the country, I quess that's why the American people kept electing him. Too bad you were not around to give them Limbaugh's talking points.

[timpeck]

klemn wrote:

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So, using your logic since Bush appointed Bernanke and he has lowered interest rates so low to try to make Bush and his corporate cronies look good, Bush has actually raised our taxes.

1. The Fed was created by government in 1913.

2. The Fed does not lower interest rates to make politicians look good.

3. Inflation is a tax.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/...

[Lake28804]

timpeck wrote:

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3. Inflation is a tax.

Inflation may have the same effect as a tax but it's not something imposed by the government. Did you mean it that way or did I misinterpret? The Fed has lowered the discount rate about as much as possible to shore up the economy. That's contributed to the rising inflation. They're (the Fed) in a tough position. They usually raise the rate to combat inflation. In this situation, that would be difficult to do.

[John Kuhlman]

timpeck wrote:

The Federal Reserve carries on the tradition by causing inflation, malinvestment and business cycles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Why don't you through in 'original sin?'

[Lake28804]

John Kuhlman wrote:

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Why don't you through in 'original sin?'

???

[Lake28804]

Oh! Never mind. I get it. You meant "throw" in original sin.

[John Kuhlman]

My mistake. Some comments sort of throw my mind out of kilter.

[Ribbon Boy]

Holy cow. So let me get this straight. The republicans for the last 8 years have trashed the economy through any variety of means. Now its in the toilet. BUT, because this is all in the name of capitalism we are supposed to sit back and wait for it all to get better? And if we ask the govnt to help we are all communists? I don't think so.

What I think is we do not have enough regulations in place to keep this crapola from happening in the first place. Unregulated banking and fraudulant securities policies made all of W's friends rich beyond belief at the expense of the little guy. Come the revolution, those same rich guys will be danglin from the lightposts, at least economically speaking, and then we will see some justice.

[OUTSPOKEN]

John Kuhlman wrote:

You are guilty to two transgressions:(a) you are dreaming and (b) you are under the impression that name-calling will solve national problems. Like President Hoovere and the conservatives during the great depression, we just need to wait until confidence is restored and everything will be all right. For the very wealthy, that may be OK, but for the rest of us, we don't have the resources to wait.

John, you are very quick to criticize, now give us your solution.

[Ghost Dog]

FDR set into place regulations over banking to ensure that another Depression would not happen. R.Reagan, the Bushes and Republicans like Phil Gramm have taken those precautions/regulations away and gave "carte blanch" to the greedy people to do whatever they wanted with almost no oversight or regulation. The results, Enron, Worldcom, the S&L failures and now the current banking and Oil crisises. VooDoo economics only work to enable the elite/rich of our society which is what the Bushes and such ilk have been working for since WWII, mainly to destroy the progresses made via FDR, which led to the power of the Middle Class. The Bushes and Reagan sought an elite society where they and their rich and powerful friends would rule over the American Union, the "New World Order" and there would be no "middle class", no way to climb the ladders to success, just locked into a society of the super rich and their serfs! Our government facilitates their methods and are themselves "elite" with everyone of them from Jesse Helms to Gramm, going to Congress as not wealthy and coming away multi-millionaires! The last 8 years of "W" have done more to destroy the USA of old, of the "Greatest Generation", the ones that used FDR's New Deal to succeed, than what Reagan and Daddy Bush did, although they started the deregulation, American Free Trade Agreement, that led to Bush Daddy's NAFTA, and people like Gramm setting up legislation to enable ENRON, Worldcom and the predatory banks!

[five bucks per gallon]

IN this case capitalism will probably be the answer. As long as fossil fuels are grossly inexpensive, compared to the rest of the civilized world sans the middle east, we have no incentive to look for alternatives.
It always takes a crisis to get us off our butts and moving in the right direction. Necessity is the mother of invention.

[HUH]

when socialist dems start looking at ways to help the economy...hold on to your wallet. Was it not dems that enacted Soc. Sec.? Now they want to try to run healthcare and tax us even more for something that will be just as poorly run (Give me 1 Fed. program that has not been sorely mismanaged)????? Give me a break!!! Wait, in reference to energy, the dems have been in control of congress for the period that energy prices have skyrocketed, and, were they not promising to get us out of the war and put congress to "work." Instead they have had the shortest amount of time in Washington due to taking more days off, and, have made no effort to end the war (let our soldiers fight a war, not play hide-and-seek with the enemy). By the way many of FDR's policies and programs were deemed unconstitutional, which pretty much sums up the problem. Our leadership has taken more liberties with the constitution's "elastic clause" than was intended. We need to get peoplpe in there that will adhere to the constitution.

[b franklin]

um yeah david, lets see...

we privitize profits in this country, then socialize bail outs to the american taxpayer, and somehow that is free market economics?

please...

the rich have been screwing the middle class and poor in america for 100 years, by forcing the taxpayers to bailout their financial gambles

[Are you CRAZY]

OUTSPOKEN wrote:

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John, you are very quick to criticize, now give us your solution.

John doesn't do 'solutions.' His speciality is 'trivial' questions & WHINING.

[G-hogg]

Ghost Dog wrote:

FDR set into place regulations over banking to ensure that another Depression would not happen. R.Reagan, the Bushes and Republicans like Phil Gramm have taken those precautions/regulations away and gave "carte blanch" to the greedy people to do whatever they wanted with almost no oversight or regulation. The results, Enron, Worldcom, the S&L failures and now the current banking and Oil crisises. VooDoo economics only work to enable the elite/rich of our society which is what the Bushes and such ilk have been working for since WWII, mainly to destroy the progresses made via FDR, which led to the power of the Middle Class. The Bushes and Reagan sought an elite society where they and their rich and powerful friends would rule over the American Union, the "New World Order" and there would be no "middle class", no way to climb the ladders to success, just locked into a society of the super rich and their serfs! Our government facilitates their methods and are themselves "elite" with everyone of them from Jesse Helms to Gramm, going to Congress as not wealthy and coming away multi-millionaires! The last 8 years of "W" have done more to destroy the USA of old, of the "Greatest Generation", the ones that used FDR's New Deal to succeed, than what Reagan and Daddy Bush did, although they started the deregulation, American Free Trade Agreement, that led to Bush Daddy's NAFTA, and people like Gramm setting up legislation to enable ENRON, Worldcom and the predatory banks!

I know you have a political magenda but you often, just lie.
FDR did not regulate the banks..he asked congress to pass legislation to regulate banks.
Presidents cannot remove regulations without congressional action.
The middle class is disappearing because the many are moving out of it to the millionaire status.
There are more millionaire dims in the US Congress than Repubs--by far!
I know you don't like NAFTA, but Clinton does and still champions it and considers it one of his greatest achievements.

[b franklin]

republican politics are a failure, please see Recession/Depression 2008...

the party that bankrupted america....genius!

bush's ownership society = lol!