Recent content by silverlegacy

Theocrat, just a question, and this can be PM'd if you choose. How do you know that you are correct in your religious views?

Why can't we all just leave each other alone? Religious and non-religious! I don't want missionaries coming to me and trying to convince me to live their way and I won't go to your church and try to convince you to believe like I do. It is as simple as that, and a world where everyone has the...

Science isn't supposed to be a religion. There needs to be evidence to support your way of thinking. To this day there is no evidence that a God exists, only faith. Which, by all means have if you choose. If you choose to believe in evolution or not, there is evidence to show that the theory is...

Think how your power company works. It is a monopoly for one company to supply the whole area with power. The #1 reason for having only one company is the fact that it is way cheaper to have 1 line. Imagine if there were 5 power companies that you could choose from. You would have 5 different...

I totally agree, but when the Republicans have the balls to say that they support our troops and veterans and then try to shoot down fulfilling their promises to the people who they sent to war, I have an extreme problem with that. We are spending hundreds of billions on the wars but won't spend...

Anybody have details on the GI Bill changes? Those I actually support because our troops have been lied to about the benefits they would receive, and our veterans deserve better than that.

If rate of return regulation were used, it would increase supply and lower price. This is how our power companies work. A government regulated monopoly, and without it there would be much higher prices.

I fail to see how Intelligent Design is a science. Philosophy... sure and I believe it should be taught as such. Current science supports evolution and it should be treated as such without ANY inclusion of religion. They are separate subjects in my mind.

I'm an economics grad (finally!), moving on to a very highly respected PHd program this fall. I have read Economics in One Lesson and I agree it is very enlightening, but it does have some flaws as it doesn't go into detail about lots of issues that are very important to a society. I don't...

One that isn't totally corrupt, which is nearly impossible.

One argument in favor of nationalizing the oil and natural gas industry is Norway. They have very successfully nationalized theirs. It pays into a fund, The Government Pension Fund of Norway, and that pays for and ensures long term (***in theory***) stability for their programs. Their fund is...

The best thing about a total sales tax, at least in my mind, it that it can be mostly avoided.

You would actually pay less in taxes on average. This is because as the money floats into the economy (the extra that people/companies have) that will raise more jobs and higher incomes. Then, that money will be used to buy things and will be taxed again. More jobs and wages, with more people...

Most of the world runs on a system of credit. The ones that don't are the enemies. It shows here that people haven't really been around the world to see how bad it really can get. The US enjoys one of the highest quality of lives in the world. Our citizens might not make the most money (though...

New home construction will take a bit to recover, but home prices and sales are starting to recover. Yes, it will take time and the market is going through an adjustment. I have many friends in various levels of real estate and banking industries and the prices are starting to recover in key...