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Why can't they tax it? Because it is natural? Peanuts are natural. When I buy peanuts, I pay taxes on everything associated with them. From the fuel that goes into the agriculture process, to the sales tax at the register. Why can't they tax it? Because you are gonna grow it yourself...

Interesting. I have a couple of interjections. It is in a very non-cynical way that I agree with many of the ideas presented in this thread. For instance, I believe that college does not prepare people for jobs, and that college is a great place to begin making important contacts. Good...

I read a lot about this last night. The "decision" of the supreme court did not void the constitution. They denied a writ of mandamus, (3 of them actually) that was asking the SCOTUS to force a recusal of about 25 Federal Judges from ever presiding over a case involving William Windsor ever...

I support and agree with every sentence except the one about pro athletes making too much. It is my belief that pro football players should make more. Get rid of salary caps in the NFL and make it like MLB. I think about it like this: If enough people are willing and able to pay $50 for...

I don't live in California, so my opinion may not count. But I am glad that you guys didn't pass it, and I would love to see it legalized everywhere. It seems to me that legalization of marijuana is the goal. We all want it. The majority of Americans want it, I think. But wasn't the title...

:rolleyes::rolleyes:At a first glance, I thought this was Spanish. Thank you for pointing out that this is actually MEXICAN writing, making the whole thing waaay more insidious. Omigosh! You mean that Whitehouse.gov actually translates it's content into other languages! I mean, if it...

"Gold is the currency of kings; silver is the currency of gentlemen; barter is the currency of peasants, and debt is the currency of slaves." I saw this quote on a bumper sticker and it got me thinking about slavery. With 70% of GDP being consumer driven spending, (debt) it follows that most...

My brother did 2 years in and 5 years on paper for possession in Oklahoma. He was walking to a friends house, stopped and searched, (after they arrested him for public intox and he had not been drinking) and they found a roach in his pocket. Oklahoma has a drug court though, which is...

Just thought I'd chime in here. Y'all is a contraction for "You all" The apostrophe goes between the Y and the all. In 5 words, you have proven that you are no beacon of correct punctuation. Just sayin'...

I think we are going to see more of this. This is what we have seen so far... Lawrence Summers, Head of the National Economic Council Christina Romer, Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors Peter Orszag, Head of the Office of Management and Budget. Phil Carter, Obama's top...

I think that the compelling argument that the conservationalists are lying comes from the last sentence in the article: ‘Mammals missing in the 20th century were nearly three times as likely to be rediscovered as those that disappeared in the 19th century,’ Dr Fisher added. To...

Yawn... I am getting tired of offering paragraph after paragraph of well thought out discourse, just for you to offer a one-line rebuttal on points that have already been made. I appreciate that you think I don't understand. You have made that claim several times. What you have failed to do...

I have read this entire post several times. I fail to see what it is that I am not understanding. Let me zero in on a few key points: Health care for POW and inmates- The State decides to incarcerate. The inmate becomes a WARD of the state. It becomes the state's duty to look after their...

Yeah. I wasn't speaking against fat. I have heard of no measures that are going to tax fatty foods. I have heard of places that are planning to outlaw and/or tax trans fats, (the bad fats) and sweets. I thought I was specific. I'll have to go back and re-read. Damn right...

4.2% of 14T equates to 588 billion. With your forgiveness, I should admit that I am quoting 2007 GDP because that is the economic data I am feeding you, (it is what is in my textbook). In 2008, however, when the stimulus was passed, GDP was at $16T. 4.2% of 16T is 672B. That get us any...

The greedy government. Hahaha! I don't mean to laugh, but this is a gross misconception. Our $14 trillion dollar economy is distributed like this: 70% Consumer consumption, 19% government, 17% investment, and -6% exports. 19% seems like a lot but 0f that 19%, the federal government spends...

ginjawarrior got it right. Something about having to drink water that is contaminated with industrial waste makes the people look to the government to regulate. I dunno. The responsibility of the US government to regulate interstate commerce came in 1886 with the United States vs...

I think the only free market is the black market. All private businesses that are not operating in the black market are not free markets, they are mixed markets. If you are a seller of pot, and you go out and buy a $50 tax stamp to affix to every ounce of your product, you take your product...

It is the responsibility of government to regulate business in order to protect the third party. If the government intervenes in a marketplace, that is when I think businesses become less private, and their status as such becomes a matter of semantics. Black markets are still markets. The...

Um... YES! Regulation occurs when an industry practice creates an externality, the cost (or benefit) of which has to be borne by a third party. When an industrial plant dumps waste into a river and contaminates the drinking water of a community, the government passes a tax to get it cleaned...