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Cause and Effect: The Truth About Taxing, Spending, and Stealing from the Future
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Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. The Truth About Taxing, Spending, and Stealing from the Future. For all the rhetoric about what party "will raise taxes" and which will cut them, which is dubbed "tax and spend," and which casts that aspersion, I thought it important to take a look at the real numbers. My source is the Government Printing Office. Size of Federal Government (spending):. What does this table say? More ( 3.0%.
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Cause and Effect: November 2008
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Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. National Healthcare - Is it Socialized Medicine? What needs to be stressed in the debate on the future of healthcare is the obvious, but rarely spoken truth: We already HAVE socialized medicine. Only, because we have failed to institute a comprehensive policy on how to manage it, we end up paying far more than necessary, and have more inadequate care than necessary as a result. So long as we'...
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Cause and Effect: National Healthcare - Is it Socialized Medicine?
http://causedeffect.blogspot.com/2008/11/national-healthcare-is-it-socialized.html
Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. National Healthcare - Is it Socialized Medicine? What needs to be stressed in the debate on the future of healthcare is the obvious, but rarely spoken truth: We already HAVE socialized medicine. Only, because we have failed to institute a comprehensive policy on how to manage it, we end up paying far more than necessary, and have more inadequate care than necessary as a result. So long as we'...
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Cause and Effect: Congressmen Manage to Bury Their Heads While Trying to Cover Their Asses
http://causedeffect.blogspot.com/2008/10/congressmen-manage-to-bury-their-heads.html
Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. Congressmen Manage to Bury Their Heads While Trying to Cover Their Asses. Sorry about the headline, but, geez! Although inclined to vote for the package, Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaking for the House republicans, stated "we could have gotten there today had it not been for the partisan speech that the speaker gave on the floor of the House.". What was really going on? I am no...
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Cause and Effect: May 2008
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Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. Bio-Fuels Have Been a Dangerous Diversion. A little research I have been meaning to do. The answers surprised me:. Best biofuel conversions (Ethanol gallons / acre):. Switchgrass = 1500 (optimum conditions / current record yield). Ethanol Energy Density = 24 MegaJoules per liter (MJ/l). 1 Watt-hour (W-h) = 3600 Joules (J). 1 acre = 4046 square meters (m2). Skipping all the fun math:. Put phot...
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Cause and Effect: August 2006
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Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. No "Rift" Among Democrats on War in Iraq. The recent defeat of Joseph Lieberman in the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator from Connecticut has highlighted what is being described as a "rift" in the Democratic Party. This is simply not so. The turnout for this race as 43%, a record, smashing the previous 39% turnout for the 1970 Democratic primary. I happen to fall into the latter camp. B...
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Cause and Effect: October 2008
http://causedeffect.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. Congressmen Manage to Bury Their Heads While Trying to Cover Their Asses. Sorry about the headline, but, geez! Although inclined to vote for the package, Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaking for the House republicans, stated "we could have gotten there today had it not been for the partisan speech that the speaker gave on the floor of the House.". What was really going on? I am no...
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Cause and Effect: No "Rift" Among Democrats on War in Iraq
http://causedeffect.blogspot.com/2006/08/no-rift-among-democrats-on-war-in-iraq.html
Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. No "Rift" Among Democrats on War in Iraq. The recent defeat of Joseph Lieberman in the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator from Connecticut has highlighted what is being described as a "rift" in the Democratic Party. This is simply not so. The turnout for this race as 43%, a record, smashing the previous 39% turnout for the 1970 Democratic primary. I happen to fall into the latter camp. B...
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Cause and Effect: Bio-Fuels Have Been a Dangerous Diversion
http://causedeffect.blogspot.com/2008/05/bio-fuels-have-been-dangerous-diversion_09.html
Musings on politics and current events from a non-partisan (but progressively minded) and very concerned citizen. Bio-Fuels Have Been a Dangerous Diversion. A little research I have been meaning to do. The answers surprised me:. Best biofuel conversions (Ethanol gallons / acre):. Switchgrass = 1500 (optimum conditions / current record yield). Ethanol Energy Density = 24 MegaJoules per liter (MJ/l). 1 Watt-hour (W-h) = 3600 Joules (J). 1 acre = 4046 square meters (m2). Skipping all the fun math:. Put phot...