Net Llama! wrote:
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
I'll stick my neck out. Here's how to solve the whole mess:
- Withdraw our military from any place that has more sand than trees and
any place where they're not wanted. Maybe just withdraw them from
everywhere.
- Eliminate all imports of foreign oil.
- Eliminate all foreign aid or UN subsidies.
- End the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, the War on Poverty (did I
miss any?)
- Use the $trillions savings from the above to fund a crash program of
energy independence (whatever it takes: solar, fuel cell, hydrogen,
biomass, ANWR, etc.).
Once the crazies in the middle east no longer had foreign oil money to
fund their misadventures, they would quickly dwindle back to obscurity
where they belong. If it weren't for oil and oil money we'd have little
(real) reason to care and they'd have no resources with which to cause
mischief.
Add to the above:
- Close our borders to all but the most trusted visitors.
- Expel anyone within our borders who has no legal right to be here.
- Add a 15% import tax to any goods or services crossing into the country.
I was mostly with you up until that last one. You do realize that the US
has a trade deficit right? The last thing we want is to piss off all the
nations to whom we owe money, by raising tarrifs on their stuff.
If anyone reading this takes exception to any of these suggestions,
realize Bush is about as likely to do any of the above as the Democrats
are. But if they did, it could it hardly be worse than what we have now?
I dunno, a severe depression, as a result of a tradewar with the EU, China
& Asia (on the whole) would make things pretty damn bad around here. We'd
look back on those "good ole days of the 'wars'" as an improvement.
This exchange is wonderful! Lonnie and I are in complete agreement on a
political point as stated. Porcine aviators to follow soon.
-- Alma
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