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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
This one says 2.28 vehicles/household...
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They must have surveyed my driveway when the Jeep was rusting away.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
[...]I cannot rationalize the forced wealth redistribution from individuals to very specific areas of industry.[...]
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I'm trying to ignore you but this one pushes a button. Everybody that pays tax wants to be empowered to say exactly where every penny goes. Good luck with starting the new country you're going to need for that one.
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This supports my argument that subsidies are not generally required to develop a technology and make it viable. Instead, it generally just makes specific businessmen and politicians wealthy at the expense of you and me.
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The simple fact that there is a thing called duh intuhnet, with a thing on it called duh intuhweb, the first created with $US and the second with $Swiss, puts the lie to your statement.
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For example, the answer to the question of who owns the fruits of ones labor will shape the answer to the question of what ought to be subsidized and how much.
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Wrong question.