On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Jason Spatafore wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joshua Zeidner" > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: OT: Emergency Buy Out > > >> why not take the $700 billion and stimulate companies that are >> actually based in the US? and actually innovate, ie. the auto >> industry? > > No. The auto industry failed to keep up. It is their battle to fight, not > the taxpayers. (Keep in mind that a Ford is still ~6K cheaper than the > import counterparts....) Keep in mind that a Model-T had better mileage than the average gas mileage of modern Fords. We need real innovation in the auto industry. Enough of this garbage. jmz > >> >> why not take the $700 billion and stimulate companies that arent in >> a race to send every job they can to Asia? so that perhaps Americans >> might be able to afford the tax hike this $700 billion implies? >> > > No. Let's not subsidize any *non-federal* industry. Ever. > > >> why not take $100 billion and create healthcare system that isn't >> owned by insurance companies? > > Yes. Healthcare is a basic need. I agree with this one. The system must be > owned by the public (you and I). > >> why not take $20 billion and build out network infrastructure? > > Yes. We need an infrastructure that should be cutting edge, not outdated. > But it has to be safe, so what do you do? > >> why not throw each every treasonous scumbag CEO in prison? > > Not all CEO's make bad decisions. Keep in mind the CFO's make the ultimate > financial decisions in companies. And a corporation is a gamble. > > People have been gambling...it's time to pay the loan sharks. I've watched > my 401k plummet 20% this year....but that doesn't matter to me because I > know that the only people who lose money are the people who sell low. > > What we are seeing now is the exact same thing we saw in 2001, when the > dot-com bubble burst. Now it's the mortgage market. In 8 more years, it will > be some other market. But the 7 years between each burst are good > years...let it burst, let us bounce back, let it burst again...rinse, > lather, and repeat. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss