5/30 Third try: Great read on government (from a democrat even)
http://washington-weekly.com/may27-01/story5.html
--reiffin, anonymous censoring coward
\_ very interesting read; I drew different conclusions, to wit:
reform the IRS, don't abolish it, and use the proposed Director of the
Fair Justice Agency position to investigate price-fixing, oil-
and Big Biz ties as well as foreign national ties to the Pres. and
members of Congress --erikred
reform the IRS, don't abolish it, and use the proposed Director
of the Fair Justice Agency position to investigate price-fixing,
oil- and Big Biz ties as well as foreign national ties to the Pres.
and members of Congress --erikred
\_ Not. I agree with the implied sentiment, which is:
The only way to reduce corruption in american beauraucrasy
is to reduce the bearaucrasy. and also to rename it to
something that people can spel, too.
\_ I encourage you to read it again. I would argue that
current energy problems are due to supply contraints,
not price-fixing. The return on new refineries, for
example, is not high enough - so none have been built.
\_ Clarification, please: by "current energy problems," are
you talking about the current price of gas at the stands
or are you talking about the energy crisis as a whole?
\_ i wonder how this Tauzin-Traficant bill he talks about differs
from the Fair Tax or National Retail Sales Tax bills that
already exist? or is it the same thing? http://www.fairtax.org
i don't think they'll be able to pass that. there's too
much ignorance and misinformation, and momentum of the
status quo. plus, it's not clear how they will prevent
black market, off-the-record, or foreign sales that will
surely grow to circumvent such a large sales tax, especially
on expensive items. all talk I've seen on this avoids this
issue. it's very good in principle though. |
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