Posted on 07/12/2008 2:33:09 PM PDT by FocusNexus
Political Players: Former GOP Presidential Candidate, McCain Economic Adviser On Taxes, Energy And The Budget, Steve Forbes.
Steve Forbes: I think his (McCain's) plan is the most realistic plan to achieve a balance - or a far better balance - that is out there, by recognizing the importance of reducing the burden of taxation, among other things. That is the key to getting the economy back on track again. ...
So the way you get a balanced budget is one, greater revenue growth. And he's got the best plan for it. And two, restraint of spending.
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Steve Forbes: The gas tax holiday plan, as part of a comprehensive package, makes sense. Give people some temporary relief. But have on track a massive program to increase the output of energy in the United States. Clearly, there are tens of billions of barrels of oil offshore that should be explored and produced. Every other country is doing it. Brazil, just a few months ago, discovered a field off its shores that has upwards of 33 billion barrels of oil.
There's lots of gas out there. And Senator McCain's nuclear program of 45 new plants in this country over the next 20 years, would go a long ways to increasing our production of electricity without relying on oil.
The technology on the nuclear power is there. Japan has done it, France has done it. So it's just a matter of will in this country to do the same thing. And by the way, both the offshore exploration and production, and the nuclear program, would create nearly a million new jobs, high skilled, high paid jobs, in both of those sectors.
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Obmabi = Obambi
Didn't take long to toss Phil Graham over the side, did it?
I was talking to my 15 year old son the other day about his future. While the next few years hold some major challenges, I'm mostly optimistic about the future. When I look at the potential for advances in medicine, materials science, nanotechnology, and now energy production, transmission and utilization, my head spins. I'm looking ahead and anticipating an era in which basic science and applied technology flourish on a scale we haven't seen since the post-war generation. I truly believe that the challenges we are facing will begin breaking some of the political logjams that have retarded technology development. For all of its faults, America is still a place where entrepreneurs can apply their talents and prosper. My sons are both math and science oriented, and I'm encouraging them to develop those skills. We'll be needing a lot of engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and technologically aware voters in their generation.
Is this the same drilling and nuclear production that McCain only listed states that have their own laws forbidding it?
I am lost. Could you please rephrase that question?
When McCain flipped on drilling, the original three states that he listed were the ones with statewide bans on drilling. The next effect of his plan would have been nothing.
Pres. Bush tried to get drilling in ANWAR too and was stopped by the Democrats and John McCain.
McCain is a terrible choice. It's just that b. Hussein Obama is even worse.
“McCain Isn’t Bush”
No kidding? I held my nose for Bush. Twice. McCain isn’t there yet.
Heck! he’s not even Ford.
“And two, restraint of spending. Just slowing the growth of spending.”
Pathetic.
Steve Forbes is one of the brighter lights in economics. How about McCain? Is he well grounded in economics? O’Bama most certainly is not.
I see, thank you. I regret that we are given the unhappy choice this year between a poor Republican and the most dangerous democrat. We know for whom we must vote, but only with misgivings.
Dangerous McCain and somewhat more dangerous Obama, though the case could be made to reverse that. No one I will support with a vote in either case.
“Steve Forbes is one of the brighter lights in economics.”
What just crossed my mind — how about Steve Forbes as VP? It would bring unquestionable economic expertise to McCain’s foreign and national security credits. Then Forbes could run for president after McCain’s term or terms.
Forbes isn’t replacing Gramm, they are both on McCain’s team of economic advisors. The article said Forbes is advising him on taxes, budget and energy.
Forbes isn’t replacing Gramm, they are both on McCain’s team of economic advisors. The article said Forbes is advising him on taxes, budget and energy.
Steve Forbes is really, really smart about economics ... and not nearly as much of a jerk as Phil Gramm (who is also very smart). I find this very encouraging. McCain with the right people around him is ... an improvement.
“Heck! he’s not even Ford.”
LOL! That’s been my optimistic dream—that Pres. McCain will be as good as Pres. Ford.
On the subject of "economics", McCain would say he's the idiot.
McCain flipped on drilling when he found he was at odds with a majority of Americans who want this nation to explore and drill for oil. McCain, like the rest of the GOP, is tone deaf to it’s own base and to the concerns of a wide majority of American citizens who pay attention to politics.
But he does show a likeness to Dole, except Dole was smarter and angrier.
Yeah, McCain is everything that Dole was. Except honorable and intelligent.
I recently attended a workshop at my University on the topic of increasing diversity in computer science. Aside from the political correctness, I can tell you that the present enrollment figures in science, technology, and mathematics programs are disturbing.
College students are simply not choosing technical programs. And what's even worse: at the Ph.D. level, almost two-thirds of doctoral degrees in technical programs are going to foreign students. Ordinarily, this would not be too bad, except for our government's boneheaded and cavalier attitude towards immigration that severely hampers legal immigration (including all those smart Ph.D.s and educated foreigners who want to come here to set up businesses, start families, etc.) and encourages illegal immigration.
Science, technology, and mathematics are flourishing right now, but whether they will continue to do so in our nation's future depends on whether the government will get out of the way of the citizens and let folks do their thing.
As for your sons, they are on an excellent track. Keep encouraging them to stay the course. American scientists, mathematicians, and engineers are in short supply, while demand is growing...a trend that is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
(Side note to all Freepers: demand for competent computer science and computing majors is very hot right now, especially for those majors who also possess business skills and knowledge. Offshoring...outsourcing...are not nearly as big a threat as the media would have us believe.)
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