Quote Of The Day: Paging Dan Quayle Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: June 25th, 2009

quote of the day paging dan quayle edition

“The Buick LeSabre is made in Ontario, Canada . . . the UAW worker in Canada makes the same wage as the UAW worker in the U.S.”

—Vice President Joe Biden in the Detroit News

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Jmo on Jun 26, 2009

Come on - I for one would have been more than happy to be molested by Michael Jackson for $20,000,000? $20,000,000 @ 5% = $1,000,000 a year aka $20k a week for the rest of your life.

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U mad scientist on Jun 26, 2009
However, if you look at survival rates for cancer, heart attack, HIV, trauma, etc. your life expectancy, given these diagnosis, is far higher in the US than any other country. Our results overall without spin are comparable (tho asymmetric due to coverage). However we pay twice as much for them (and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to the doctor twice as often). The massive cost difference can pay for plenty of cardiac treatment. - is due to a population that engages in numerous unhealthy behaviours You mean all that gov regulation against smoking isn't working? Aren't the people who think we're getting such a great deal due to the free market the same ones who want to take the same hands off approach which results in medical burdens? - Keeping law and order is the governments job and business. One they should spend more time doing and less time fussing with cow farts and how far my car will go on a tank. The "laws" are those rules, eg. don't dump waste in the open, can't put poison in food, etc.

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Timotheus980 on Jun 27, 2009
The “laws” are those rules, eg. don’t dump waste in the open, can’t put poison in food, etc. Yes and all legitimate laws protect someone from something bad. What the government is trying to do with cap and trade is generate revenue for itself. That in and of itself isn't necessarily bad (except we are already over-taxed). The unacceptable part of it is social engineering aspect of it. The government does not (at least it should not) have the right to decide how many and what kind of car is on the road, which is essentially the power they want. If you continue down this logical pathway, you come to a point where only very wealthy people are able to afford such "poisons" i.e. carbon emitting things like cars and electricity. Talk about living in Somalia. I say "poison" because the premise that global warming would be such a bad thing is supported by very sketchy evidence. If you think a flooded city automatically kills everyone in it, I'm sure the people of venice would be surprised to know they should all be dead. Some studies suggest that longer growing seasons in canada and siberia would solve a lot of hunger problems in the world.

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U mad scientist on Jun 28, 2009
I say "poison" because the premise that global warming would be such a bad thing is supported by very sketchy evidence. This is the crux of the argument, and it's wrong. There've been at least two threads here about this. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nyt-global-warming-to-submerge-2400-miles-of-gulf-roads/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/omb-memo-criticizes-epa-co2-ruling/ Reading them in addition to the gigantic volume of scientific study would greatly be to your benefit. - The unacceptable part of it is social engineering aspect of it. Human society IS engineered. The primitives are the ones living in caves. The term you're looking for is external cost, which is something the free marketeers conveniently leave out of their propaganda because they want everyone else to pay it.

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