said by Dogfather :

But alas, they DON'T have the money. They have to borrow it and pay interest, blowing our already out of control deficit into the stratosphere.

said by jc100 :

While devalues the Dollar on the World market, causing massive inflation. Hence the HUGE increases in food prices, oil, and all facets of life in the past 8 years. Bush added 6 trillion to the deficit. It's like the dilemma we're in now. People borrow and don't want to pay back. Doing so means you got bad credit. The U.S. is in so much debt to the world, thanks to Regan, Bush Sr, and Bush Jr, our dollar is a laughing stock about now.

said by jc100 :

Democrats tax to pay their way. Republicans Borrow. Taxing pays as you go, but as all politicians do, waste waste waste. Borrowing hurts worse though. It devalues the dollar and raises prices. As anyone can tell you, higher prices are something that stick around. People and companies are not apt to lower things, even if the dollar gets better. Therefore, the Republicans sink us into far worse situations. Not to mention, BLS.Gov shows any time a Republican is in Office, Unemployment SKYROCKETS and the Deficit does too. Don't get me wrong, Democrats suck equally as bad at blowing our money. It's just in such a way it doesn't screw up stuff on a global scale.

said by jc100 :

Troopergate

said by jc100 :

Belief that Sex Education is Wrong (prob why her daughter pregnant)

said by jc100 :

Wanting to fire librarians for REFUSING to ban books while mayor.

said by jc100 :

Worst of all, while mayor of Wasilla, she enforced a lay that charged women 1000 dollars for rape kits.

said by jc100 :

Well Palin scares the CRAP out of me. I won't vote for her for all the tea in china. I wish we had OTHER choices between the 2 we got. Being we got 2 choices, I can't give McCain / Palin my vote. I don't much care for Obama and I think Biden is a waste. Being that's basically the rundown, I guess for me it'll be Obama. No 3rd party has won in 120 years. It just doesn't pay to vote for one.

said by jc100 :

BLS.Gov shows any time a Republican is in Office, Unemployment SKYROCKETS and the Deficit does too. Don't get me wrong, Democrats suck equally as bad at blowing our money. It's just in such a way it doesn't screw up stuff on a global scale.

said by CylonRed :

I believe the Senate is Republican controlled and they are the ones who wanted the bill redone with tax breaks.

said by pnh102 :

The government will do what all governments do when they can no longer borrow money.

They will simply print it.

The main cause of hyperinflation is a massive and rapid increase in the amount of money, which is not supported by growth in the output of goods and services.

said by Dogfather :

But alas, they DON'T have the money. They have to borrow it and pay interest, blowing our already out of control deficit into the stratosphere.

said by NetAdmin :

1. Repair or replace a good portion, if not most, of the structurally deficient bridges and roadways in the US

2. Help halt and reverse coastal erosion and wetlands loss in states like Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and other areas.

3. Could build Category 5 hurricane protection in areas line Southeast and Southwestern Louisiana, Florida, Texas and other vulnerable areas.

4. It would be MORE than enough to overhaul the deplorable state of health care and mental health services that Veterans and former armed services members get by overhauling the VA and modernizing the facilities.

The list goes on.

said by P Ness :

1. blah, should not even cost that much

2. worthless.
3. worthless. no one is paying to protect my house why should i pay to protect yours?

said by Boogeyman :

Soil erosion is caused by wind and water movement taking away small bits of soil with it.

The noly way I know of for humans to contribute to soil erosion is to remove all plant life from the soil that helps hold the soil in place. And yes, we have done plenty of that. But its not big oil doing it, its big agriculture, big mining, and other industries that tear up large chunks of land. Though I believe the mining companies are now required to fix the mess they make.

said by Boogeyman :

I just moved from Panama City, FL, and let me tell you, it takes less than 6 months for the underbrush and weeds to grow back high enough that you would know it was ever g one.

But yeah, they probably did do that a lot in the 80's, but that was 20 years ago. A lot of stuff has been growing since then.

"Coastal Erosion" is caused by waves removing sand from beaches. PC spent over $3m to have sand dredged out of the Gulf and put back on the beach right before Ivan hit.

said by NetAdmin :

There's a lot more out there than you think.

Actually, in both cases, the federal government's policies to oil leases and lax environmental regulations regarding wetlands during the oil boom is WHY the problem exists. The federal government should fix something they created.

said by Skippy25 :

2.) Its nature, leave it alone.

said by Skippy25 :

Any erosion period is natural. It is the way the world works and has worked for millions of years before we were here. Leave it alone and let it take it's course. WE can work/live around it without it having to cost billions of dollars to support everytime a perfectly natural thing happens.

You want to live in an area that has hurricanes or a "bowl" of land that the Mississippi can easily flow into, then feel free. But you do it at your expense and when it is destroyed YOU rebuild it without my tax money.