On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
What I don't think Obama gets is that the people willing/able to pay more for 'environmentally friendly' energy or food are already doing it. The rest will fight him all the way. Just like health insurance; if the working poor could afford it, they'd already haveWith regard to health care, we're already paying for the uninsured, at least from the time that they get sick enough to drag themselves into an ER.
it. Forcing them to buy health insurance (or pay a lot more for energy or food) when they can't pay the bills they already have isn't the answer. I don't know what is.
Regarding cap & trade and other schemes to reduce carbon emissions: I
suspect it's already too late and we can just stand back and await the end of life as we know it. The Arctic ice is already pretty much
melted, islands are disappearing in the Pacific, and the weather has
gone screwy just about every where. I'm glad I'm an old fart with most of my life lived. I just hope I don't get reincarnated any time soon.
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