| We've been promised by our nation's leadership that | | | | companies, venture capitalists, investment banks, and |
| our alternative energy future is on its way. They've | | | | investors of bonds. Government should ONLY fund |
| told us how they are going to bring on the future, | | | | research not subsidies; this is what the private sector |
| stop global warming (theory), and launch this new | | | | is good at. And we have some 800 Billion Dollars |
| industry while creating jobs and allowing the trading | | | | sitting in the corporate coffers in retained earnings |
| of air. The trading of "AIR" indeed, boy Enron was | | | | waiting for somewhere to flow to, something that |
| just a decade too early? Not long ago, I was talking | | | | promises a legitimate ROI (and also complies with all |
| with a very left-leaning liberal-socialist who was "all in" | | | | the new accounting rules and regulation bureaucracy). |
| when it came to this strategy, to the point he took | | | | When my liberal-socialist acquaintance, and alternative |
| it as a religion. | | | | energy religious follower talks about the "Urgency" to |
| He indicated to me that we needed job creation and | | | | do something now to provide jobs and set the |
| a market, and asked how we should proceed to | | | | alternative energy sector on the path forward, I am |
| create a market in time to prevent the critical | | | | puzzled, as the only urgency I see, is that the |
| problem with unemployment. I just laughed at the | | | | Democrats really want something right-away to stay |
| naivety, I mean really now? So, when he said "We | | | | in power, but they don't deserve too. |
| need to..." I said; "WE, well then, if you mean the | | | | Why you ask, simple because they've done enough |
| Government, then perhaps you missed some | | | | damage to our 16.8 Trillion Dollar Economy, and taken |
| economic classes along the way. The government | | | | us down to below 13T now. Yes, we are still |
| does not create private sector jobs, entrepreneurs | | | | light-years ahead of number two and three China and |
| and free-markets do. | | | | Germany with 4 and 5 Trillion, but we need to stop |
| You see, it is a communist ploy to re-direct the flows | | | | forcing the flows to nonsensical bad investments at |
| of labor. Government can't create jobs in the private | | | | the taxpayer's expense. |
| sector, that's nonsense. Every time they try they fail | | | | We have a leadership which has said (in so many |
| miserably and we as taxpayers pick up that bill. And | | | | words) that they don't care about small businesses; |
| currently our trade policies, abundance of regulation, | | | | "Joe the Plumber is evil" motif, that's what's caused a |
| and in-your-face-style-leadership is forcing many US | | | | lot of the lack of business confidence. Indeed, I |
| companies to outsource and offshore. | | | | asked my acquaintance; "let me ask you; have you |
| Realize, government does not create markets either, | | | | ever in your life run a business and made a payroll?" |
| free-enterprise does, and although it may look | | | | His answer was no, and I thought to myself; "well, no |
| chaotic, it works, and it works best when it is left | | | | kidding" because anyone who ever has, wouldn't |
| alone. To think that government is going to create | | | | make such comments. |
| markets is silly, and naive, and every time they try | | | | Having run an actual business, well it ought to be a |
| we re-learn what Adam Smith warned us about, as | | | | pre-requisite for anyone entering an election for |
| we watch government created monopolies and | | | | State or Federal Leadership. This stuff is obvious. |
| protectionism. Freddie and Fannie remember, oh how | | | | Look, I could turn this ship (our economy) around in a |
| soon we forget, and yet, some politicians have the | | | | heartbeat, like tomorrow, but I am an entrepreneur, |
| audacity to blame capitalism? | | | | (read evil doer with the present administration and |
| If you really want to turn the economy around | | | | leadership in Congress), so screw it, I remain retired - |
| immediately, we could replace the current | | | | I quit, but note to the socialist-liberals out there; don't |
| anti-business leadership (no, government give-aways | | | | you dare rally your mob to tell the government to |
| to business is not pro-business, it is corruption). This | | | | come steal my money, that I worked my rear-end |
| concept of crushing the fossil fuel energy sector to | | | | off for. How dare you! |
| prop-up, subsidize, and give favors to alternative | | | | This is simple stuff, very simple, but you have to |
| energy sector is NOT job creation, it is not industry | | | | have run a business and walked in those shoes to |
| creation. | | | | get it, they don't teach this in school. What happens |
| When and if those technologies can compete for | | | | next will be exactly what our nation and citizens |
| lower costs per kilo-watt hour - they WILL attract | | | | deserve for the choices they make going forward. |
| the private sector industrial capital, foreign | | | | Please consider all this today, and vote appropriately. |
| investment and the attention of current energy | | | | |