thomas malloy wrote:
Good at what? attracting funding? The last I heard, the last generation of
Takamak's were producing .85 units of usable energy for each one input.
This is a deal that only a bureaucrat, or an idiot liberal could love.
Why do you ascribe this trait to liberals? Both parties have supported
Tokamak development and ethanol, but there is no evidence that liberals are
more inclined to support this sort of crazy inefficiency and government
waste. On the contrary, liberals at least pay lip service to fuel
efficiency and innovation, unlike the two Bush administrations and V.P.
Cheney, who ridicules and attacks conservation.
Looking at the bigger picture, wince WWII Democratic governments
(administrations and Congresses) have consistently spent less and
contributed less to the deficit than Republican governments, by a wide
margin. Republicans have driven up deficits an average of $60 billion per
year versus $35 billion for the Democrats. See:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kinsley3apr03,0,6929691.column?coll=la-util-op-ed
Democrats have also outperformed Republicans in employment and expanding
the economy, by about 30%. Based on rational, measurable, real-world
economic and efficiency standards, conservatives should all vote Democratic.
- Jed
