<<<But the economic facts are that we will have to dip into Medicare monies to pay for
the shortfall.>>>
<<<60% of my taxes go to defense spending>>>
These are just two of the statements that people have made on the list about the
Federal Budget. There have been many many more just as erroneous. It goes to show how
horribly misinformed (indoctrinated might be a better word)people are and why they
believe the things they do.
After all if budgett shortfalls immediately drained Medicare funding all the old
people whould die and or suffer. Right. In fact during the 30 years the Democrats held
both houses of congress (and the Presidency)we ran huge deficits. HUGE relative to any
benchmark at that time. Any old people cast out the window to die by the Democrats ?
Hardly. Funding increased every year without fail WITH huge deficits. Same as with the
Republicans. So where do people get this clearly erroneous "fact".
Same with the preposterous Kyoto treaty which hamstrings the US economy but leaves
India and Red China (whose combined CO2 output is greater than the US) free to pollute
all they want and without any evidence that the Global warming "theory" has any basis
in fact. Oh yeah I know the lefty politicians and in particular the Media (92% who
voted for Clinton by poll)the ideological zealots (leftist scientists who omit
contrary opinons from their reports and data) have made statements but its like all
the prior jihads of the left from the "Global Cooling" theory (proven by "scientists"
then to be a threat)of the seventies (remember that) to the Malthusian global
starvation predictions of the 60's that ignored advances in agriculture. The fact is
that almost none of the Eurpean countries signed the thing either and neither did
Japan. Of course the media implied otherwise and thats what many choose to believe.
There must have been alot of cars running around in the year 12,000 BC because we had
this enormous ice age and as we all know it had to be caused by pollution. And what
melted all that ice in 10,000 BC why of course Golbal Warming. Suprise !!! I
understand that paleontologists led by Al Gore have unearthed a large tomb in Asia
where they found 2 billion SUVs buried and fossilized so the theory is proven. News at
11.
I spent a great edeal of time discussing this with a list member and he sent me all
sorts of charts and I could easily point out that CO2 levels were about the same as
now in 1100ad and other times as well. It fluctuates. And not because of the US
economic output. Prior to 1500ad Newfoundland was about the same as South Carolina in
climate. Grapes were grown there. Later it froze as it is today. Must have been all
those gas guzzlers the Vikings imported from Eric the Red that did it.
Ive been reading all these things and all I can say as a 30 year professional immersed
in economics and its relation to federal spending the amount of misinformation being
voiced in general is substantial. To think that people are choosing political
solutions based on fantasy and myths is frightening yet that is what certain
politicians rely on to gain power.
Gee, which party is he talking about. Hint: Richard Gephardt at a 1994 press
conference: "There are going to be bodies hitting the streets I tell you."
All it takes is some research and effort and one can actually separate truth from
propaganda on these issues. I realize of course that to find out the truth just might
disrupt some favored prejudices. The real question is do people want the truth or do
they feel better harboring myths. I think politicians rely on peoples willingness to
believe myths and not seek the facts. Personally i dont care what people want to
believe but I have found that the myth lovers are the first to criticize those who
prefer the facts. While some facts can be debated others are incontrovertable.The
percentages of federal spending are among them. Federal Spending is an easy thing to
get from the government in pie chart format. happy to send it to whoever wants it.
Happy to discuss off list with anyone. marcel deste
