The government doesn't tell you what car to buy.
Not yet anyway. But with their involvement in GM and Chrysler, it won’t be long until the government begins to mandate which type of car will get built by these companies. Then they will give us all incentives to buy the correct “type” of car.
the government should use incentives to get people buying after they've been frightened to death by greedy bankers and investors. If that includes car incentives? God bless them.
People have not been frightened by bankers and investors. They have been frightened by the financial collapse leading to financial uncertainty. The collapse that was spurned by the government creating “incentives” to banks to make risky home loans to people that could not afford them.
The government doesn't tell you what procedures you are 'entitled to'. Insurance companies do that.
And if I don’t like their options, I am free to shop around for a different company. However, when the government takes it over, where then will I turn?
The government doesn't tell you what bulb to buy. They just reward you or tax you less if you buy wisely.
Once again, this is an example of the government trying to “guide” us into making the correct choice. When the government does this, you need to ask yourself, why? Follow the money trail on this one all the way back to General Electric. They are the ones pushing this Tax for Traitors policy. Guess who makes the most light bulbs?
As for Carbon. There is a choice. We are net importers of Oil. We could tax that commodity to reduce consumption to the levels we produce or we could tax carbon users in industry.
Or we could just let people make their own decisions. You act as though we need to tax people or products for the sake of taxing something. Change your paradigm.
Secondly carbon is known as a cancer causer
Really? And here I thought that carbon was the base element on which life is based. You must be the product of our public school systems.
and it's use is exacerbating effects on climate. Bringing these pollutants down to more sane levels is a national priority. So instead of taxing consumers the government chooses to tax industrial users with incentives for them to generate pollution reduction solutions. good public policy.
Only if you buy into Al Gores propaganda pushed upon us by those most likely to profit from it. There is plenty of evidence that the earth is going thru heating and cooling cycles now just as it has done for millions of years. I don’t think humans have much to say in the matter. The earth will do it with or without us.
Interesting you spent so little type on providing for general welfare and pursuit of happiness. Infrastructure is a biggie. Regulation is a biggie.
Read the Constitution. It does not say “Provide the General Welfare”, it says “Promote the General Welfare”. There is a difference. Promoting the General Welfare is the part that allows the government to provide the tools to allow its citizens to help themselves. And by this, I mean the Infrastructure, roads, bridges, etc. No where in the Constitution to I see anything about “Regulation”. Could you please provide me with a link that displays how the constitution says anything about regulating business?
How about you comment on SS, Medicare, Military retirement and health care, Food and Drug regulation, Commerce.
SS and Medicare are government run ponzi schemes. It was a social program started by FDR to pander for votes. Military retirement is something that is provided by the country to our service men and women as part of their contract with the government for their service. It is not “given” to them, it is “earned” by them. There is a big difference between being handed something (entitlement programs) and earning something.
Food and drug regulation is simply a way to ensure that people are not harmed by the actions (whether intentional or not) of food and drug providers. I generally agree with the concept, but know that abuses and payoffs occur in this area.
What about Commerce? I agree with Commerce.
then please advise why America is 50th in general health care, 37th in longevity, and first in cost of HC by more than $6000 per person a year.
You need to look at the way the statistics are put together. Just because we have the Best Healthcare system in the world does not mean everyone lives health life styles. I would say that because we have such a great system, some people live riskier lives than they would if they were not confident in our hospitals to take care of them in case of accidents or bad behavior.