Absence of Reason
Recent comments by the political class, President Bush specifically, leave one with grave doubts about the ability to grasp basic concepts by those who occupy our governing chambers. The President announced his intentions to investigate energy companies for price-gouging. The reason is obvious; since prices are increasing their must be a reason for it. The President in his speech today actually discovered some of the culprits, but more on this in a bit.
The comment which really got my attention was when the President stated that we must find ways to give people incentives to conserve and find alternative energy sources. So no one thinks I am singling out the President, just about every politician from the federal government to the local level believes this. Their belief in government is so spellbinding that from the President on down the political ladder are unable to comprehend that rising prices have exactly this effect; it forces people to conserve and explore substitute[alternative] goods. The beauty of prices is it does not require another layer of bureaucracy which leads to rising taxes. If you want to start a discussion on gouging; then let’s start with the quintessential of gouging, government!
The President went on to list a few directives the government would take including the suspension of purchases by SPR, relaxation of enviromental codes, and lifting required blending requirements. If taking these measures are suppose to help relieve the “crisis”; then wouldn’t it be logical to conclude that their implementation helped to cause the “crisis” in the first place. Therefore, the reason behind the rising prices is not gouging by the oil companies, but by the government. If the politicians are looking for a guilty party; I would suggest they stand in front of a mirror.
And finally you have this from New York Senator Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer suggested it is time to break up “big oil”. All right, if we are to reason that big companies with monopoly powers are evil; then let’s not only break up big oil but break up big government which in retrospect caused the “crisis” in the first place. Perhhaps the Senator from New York would care to tackle the big government education monopoly along the way.
Mark Pribonic @ OnTheBorderLine
The comment which really got my attention was when the President stated that we must find ways to give people incentives to conserve and find alternative energy sources. So no one thinks I am singling out the President, just about every politician from the federal government to the local level believes this. Their belief in government is so spellbinding that from the President on down the political ladder are unable to comprehend that rising prices have exactly this effect; it forces people to conserve and explore substitute[alternative] goods. The beauty of prices is it does not require another layer of bureaucracy which leads to rising taxes. If you want to start a discussion on gouging; then let’s start with the quintessential of gouging, government!
The President went on to list a few directives the government would take including the suspension of purchases by SPR, relaxation of enviromental codes, and lifting required blending requirements. If taking these measures are suppose to help relieve the “crisis”; then wouldn’t it be logical to conclude that their implementation helped to cause the “crisis” in the first place. Therefore, the reason behind the rising prices is not gouging by the oil companies, but by the government. If the politicians are looking for a guilty party; I would suggest they stand in front of a mirror.
And finally you have this from New York Senator Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer suggested it is time to break up “big oil”. All right, if we are to reason that big companies with monopoly powers are evil; then let’s not only break up big oil but break up big government which in retrospect caused the “crisis” in the first place. Perhhaps the Senator from New York would care to tackle the big government education monopoly along the way.
Mark Pribonic @ OnTheBorderLine
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