Reply #44: We need not suffer poverty in this country [View All]

[wuushew]

Wasn't FDR's ultimate dream that everyone would be guaranteed a job and decent housing?

Hell, even Nixon floated the theoretically good idea of a "negative income tax".



I always hate these poverty vs. environment discussions because in reality why do we tolerate any artificial increase in the cost of energy?

Low-sulfur diesel is being passed on to someone is it not? Pollution controls on coal invariably raise the end user's electric rates.




Are future costs more heinous than past increases?