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Flatulo

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20. Is love to see all those engineers and scientists put to work developing wind and solar and

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #12)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:05 PM

Jan 2013

geothermal. As it stands now, we're losing ground very quickly to the Chinese.

Every dollar that we send over there for shitty and shoddy goods they turn around and reinvest in alternate energy. They are already the leading producers of solar panels, by quite a wide margin, and they are turning to wind now, where they're undercutting European and American manufacturers big time with their slave labor wages.

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END THE WARS. TAX THE RICH. [View all] cbrer Jan 2013 OP

Also, cut the military budget by more than half Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #1

Ding, ding, we have a winner! n/t Coyotl Jan 2013 #8

Feds should set maximum prices for doctors. Doctors shouldn't charge $1000 when $50 is plenty graham4anything Jan 2013 #2

That would pretty much spell the end of the medical profession. Flatulo Jan 2013 #7

No it wouldn't. Plenty of people to replace the greedy ones. France's system is 100% perfect graham4anything Jan 2013 #9

When I lived in Indiana, dotymed Jan 2013 #13

There is definitely a new Federal war - on prescription painkillers. Flatulo Jan 2013 #22

You don't much believe in the law of supply and demand, do you? Flatulo Jan 2013 #18

Unfortunately, teachers also have to carry dotymed Jan 2013 #23

In my state, lawmakers earn less than most workers. Coyotl Jan 2013 #10

du rec. nt xchrom Jan 2013 #3

Amen. K&R! Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #4

k & r!I'm all for that! nt wildbilln864 Jan 2013 #5

I concur ReRe Jan 2013 #6

What would you do with all the workers that were just forced on the unemployment line? graham4anything Jan 2013 #12

A real progressive income tax (pre-reagan style) dotymed Jan 2013 #14

Well, let me see.... ReRe Jan 2013 #16

Is love to see all those engineers and scientists put to work developing wind and solar and Flatulo Jan 2013 #20

Those are good, valid, and important questions. cbrer Jan 2013 #21

And shut down the failed banks Demeter Jan 2013 #11

Nationalize. Octafish Jan 2013 #15

AMEN! Demeter Jan 2013 #17

Amen Taverner Jan 2013 #19