People dying sooner meshes perfectly with the plans of those generating revenue on the agents of destruction. If you are running a monopoly on health care and retirement, what could possibly be better?
Science is a small time player in this game. Just enough to raise the fear is perfect for those selling the prevention of fear.
So tell us, if you can, how a carbon tax or cap and trade is going to fix the problem and to what degree? If I pay a man in China to be faithful to his wife, can I cheat? That is cap and trade. If I pay a man in China to be faithful to his wife while I cheat, that is a Carbon tax. The truth is ugly, isn't it? You still can't tell us what the net effect will be, but I can tell you. Zero, for us, big gains for the brokers and the governments seeking control.
The bottom line is that we could all do without the coercion and it would make almost no difference in our lives, except that we would be more free and wealthier. Perhaps Big Brother does know best? History shows us that is never the case. The best deal you will ever make will satisfy both parties in a completely voluntary trade. Anything else is a lie or exploitation.
Last edited by jungle; 04-02-2010 at 05:43 PM.