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Starlight> How about dumping subsidies on the nuclear industry and refocus R&D on something that won't end up destroying us, like fusion or rolling out solar?


Solar is not a particularly good idea - at least not for providing
'baseload' electricity. (One problem - when clouds or rain happens over the
solar panels the available watts drops - the watts have to be made
up somehow . . perhaps a big-old gas turbine generator? so, which
is cheaper - solar panels and the gas turbine, or just the gas
turbine?)

Solar on rooftops to take some of the sting out of peak electrical
demand is a pretty good idea.

I like nuclear (fission). Fusion is still 'pie in the sky' - for all the
promises I don't think they are close to making it work. (Not to
mention whatever the side effects of it are going to be.)

But, for the threads original subject - I still feel we need
to radically reduce the amount of welfare and eliminate most
of the 'social welfare spending - like Housing and urban development,
local transportation spending (light rail anybody?), local police efforts . . . .
None of those things are the federal governments business.

Zim.




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Re: Question for you single folks.... [*** edited ***]
By: starlight
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Tue, 14 Nov 17 5:37 AM
Msg. 38543 of 47202

De, no fools on this board. Smile

Trump's plan is to grow the top line and that's why he's bringing companies back to the US and creating jobs.

How about moving education back to the states where it belongs? DOE should go, it was a Communist tool, used to brainwash our kids.

How about putting Medicare back in the private sector where they check and see if they're paying people who are still alive? Gov't shouldn't be in the healthcare business.

How about dumping subsidies on the nuclear industry and refocus R&D on something that won't end up destroying us, like fusion or rolling out solar?

I suppose some of those are drops in the bucket compared to Medicare, but they should still go.

Yes, Obama shook up the ME with his weak America policy and they were looking to diversify arms suppliers to China and Russia. The one good thing he did was try to rely on indigenous troops instead of Americans -- let them fight their own wars, with more limited US support. I think Gates kicked that off.

Both Europe and Israel are very important to us. We have a great deal of R&D over there, for example, and they provide a great deal of intel. Lose them, I'd venture to say our costs go up quite a bit.

Problem is not giving Israel a few billion that they use to buy planes or whatever. It's our national security, enemies wanting to destroy US. And that effort is VERY active.

Reminds me I promised to post an article on the latest problem Imam Barack Hussein Obama left us, re: ports. Will get to that...


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