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Old 02-05-2012, 12:16 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Higher fuel prices mean that shipping everything from overseas will no longer be cheaper than making those things in each country where they are needed, and this equals more jobs that pay what they are worth.

Lower fuel consumption means a lot less pollution, and that means healthier people and the environment that we all depend on for our food, water, and air will be a lot better off, too.
Fuel cost would have to rise a long way for that to happen, and it may also have another unforeseen effect - inflation. One of the reasons we (in the west) had growth from the mid-90s to 2008 without inflation is because costs went down as the jobs and factories went to China and India.

I agree on the polution thing though.

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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
Tax the Rich feed the poor until there are no Rich no more.

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I'm getting damn tired of living below MY means and being expected to pay for YOU living above yours. The whole govt of the US should be fired immediately. I'll take some semi competent amateurs over these "smart" professionals any time as Jefferson said.

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Mech
I am on the left with it comes to politics but even I know you don't make the poor better off by making the rich poor.

As for your sentiments on government I agree and wish we could do the same here. I'm fed up with any level of government now seeming to make decisions in it's own interest and not of those who pay for it.

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