i don't think most people know where we get our electricity.
think about the sun.
think about how hot it is and how much mass energy it has.
how close to the sun do you think you would get before incinerating?
so i guess it would be logical to say the sun is dangerous.
so is producing energy on this planet.
The sun is dangerous, but we're in no danger from it (not for several hundred million years anyway). The same can't be said for fossil fuels.
i care about the environmet too, but I really don't want to pay more than i should. and i don't think the 6 million coal workers don't want that either. I know, why don't we get rid of welfare.
Pay now or pay later, what's the difference? The price for fossil fuels is going to steadily rise, alternatives need to be found before our dependencies are out of reach. It takes money to develop energy sources, what better way to pay for new fuels than with the proceeds of old fuels. You can pay to keep the profit margins of oil companies or you can pay for the development of alternative fuels, either way you are going to pay and ever increasing price. Even if we stopped using coal completely (unlikely under any presidency), we will would still be producing as much, if not more energy, employment in the energy sector would still be the same. The jobs aren't just going to evaporate, that is just overly simplistic.
But hey, if we get rid of welfare, maybe you can get a job throwing blind and handicapped people out in the streets. A nice check from the government on the first and fifteenth.
and 97K now? I fucking knew he thought I made too much money. what a crock of shit.
once again the middle class takes it in the pants.
That is not what Obama said, it's from a
YouTube clip that was (obviously) spliced to take a question out of context. At no time did he state his policy would be to tax people in the 97k range, but that those that make above 97k are in the upper 6% of the population.
Hopefully Obama cuts back rampant military spending enough that those who do see tax increases only see them in moderation.