ssj12 said:
osamanobama said:
ssj12 said:
osamanobama said:
i agree, all need to stop.
but i dont know to much about coal, oil, and especially nuclear being subsidized. but if they are it needs to stop.
but is Nuclear really subsidized, it seems most politicians try everything to stop the great form of energy.
America has such vast amounts of natural resources (oil, coal, natural gas, and wind and solar (duh)) its really really really stupid that we really on places like the middle east for our energy. there is no reason why we arent energy independent
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It’s fairly unclear just how much the government pays out in subsidies, but Doug Koplow of Earth Track has done his best to conduct solid analysis. The results, to say the least, are not surprising.
- The oil and gas industry currently receive $41 billion annually (adjusted for inflation). This accounts for 52% of federal subsidies to the energy industry given out by our government.
- Coal receives $8 billion annually, this brings the fossil fuel subsidies to roughly two-thirds of all energy sector federal subsidies.
- Nuclear energy, although no new plants have been built in decades, account for $9 billion annually. This goes towards currently running plants and waste management. The simple fact is that nuclear power cannot succeed without subsidies.
- Ethanol gets $6 billion, that’s not even accounting for the waste of food and rising food prices.
- Renewable energy gets about $6 billion annually as well. You can count on this number increasing in the coming years.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/05/increasing-gas-prices-subsidies/
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thats stupid. they could just tax us less, and let us keep our money, to spend it or save it however we see fit. but thats logic, something our government isnt very good at
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truthfully, in order to get us out of the hole the economy is in, every American's taxes need to be doubled and stay that way for the next 50 years..
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or we could stop spending...
theres a reason that no matter the tax rates, government revenue from it is always 18%.
i believe let people keep more of what they rightfully earn. raising taxes will just make people shift and move their money around in a way, to avoid taxes, spending will continue, and nothing will change.
my take, let people keep their money, and have government spend less of it. its not a revenue problem we have, its a spending problem
