tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post2295597224488929205..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Obamatics: The State of the UnionPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-6465167493271253692011-01-27T06:33:11.403-08:002011-01-27T06:33:11.403-08:00The glove was thrown back at the first opportunity...The glove was thrown back at the first opportunity when the right (odd term for those who claim righteousness in the name of holiness) voted with it's new power in numbers to revoke rather than offer amendments to the new healthcare bill. Mitch and company are so set in their well lined chairs, lobby lined pockets and for life health insured security that they are not going to share it with the body politic. This selfish behavior is not a part of any religious or social conscience. This is about sour grapes in the name of the reverse of fortune. Sour grapes create acetic acid or vinegar. <br /><br />Meanwhile the erosion of economic recovery and social balance is not moving our nation forward. The <br />5 areas to be cut should be just 4 in number. If defense spending is cut and healthcare is stabilized then more healthy Americans will be working and pay taxes. If those who lobby and line pockets are driven from Washington over time then the cost of government will be smaller and graft will diminish.<br /><br />Taxes in the USA are lower than any of the other super powers. Taxes should be raised on anything that does not grow the economy for the future. Gasoline producers are steadily raising the cost of their finite resource. In line with this is the rising cost of food and drinking water. <br /><br />We all need to sacrifice a percentage of our income to overcome the fuel colonizing corporations and governments. It is the word colon that is contained in the word colonize. So if we can get the shit out of<br />our fuel/petroleum driven economy and start utilizing the wealth of wisdom in all the alternative means of energy production that China is now employing there will be more jobs and a greater tax base. <br /><br />The photovoltaic technology invented 45 years ago is exploding in China. I visited a factory in China last year that is producing roofing material intended for ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA. This month China has become the worlds leader is photovoltaic<br />production.<br /><br />Hey Mitch, can you see China from your highchair?CHI SPHEREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278628028066177635noreply@blogger.com