Reply #12: And none too soon.

[westerebus]

To the benefit of the Gulf. Which should spark the push to a clean energy policy with a transition away from oil dependence.

With the stimulus ending, the casino is running out of traction.

On the to do list of TPTB is social security/medicare reform with a strong emphasis on deficit reduction. Translation: they are coming after the safety net.

It comes back to revenue flow. Paying the tab for the tax cuts and the wars has developed a problem. It's called unemployed tax payers'. What a surprise!

TPTB solution is first take care of their corporate donors. Second, hand the bill for their failures to we the citizens. Third, convene a death panel to inform you that social security/ medicare are terminal.

You do hear the term "growth". There isn't any. Why?

To grow this economy you need innovation and capital. We have way too much capital. Which is deflating by the way. It wants a place to go to work. It needs to produce something other than casino chips.

Where will we find innovation? Energy Policy. As in a smart grid. As in recycling the trillion pounds of plastic that already exist before we import another piece of plastic into this country. Electric cars made in America. A farm policy to shift to small farming and away from industrial farming. Clean water city infrastructure programs.

What this all has in common is job creation.

Innovation and capital create jobs that pay the taxes to sustain the economy's primary function of government, to provide for the welfare of the common good.

So, nuke it. And lets get on with the revolution.