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Originally Posted by Charlatan
(imagine for a moment if Bush, instead of waging a war in Iraq had used his post 9/11 political capital to push for America to break the bonds of oil dependency, to push for a technological shift by inspiring a generation of youth to think differently, to seed technological developments and create new forms of green industry all in the way that Kennedy's push to the moon inspired and brought about change). Governments have the power to influence in very positive ways through selective legislation and incentive.
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I might have voted for him. That would have been the correct response to the attacks. Along with covertly taking out some terrorists and preventing them from selling their oil to other nations to fund terrorism. Then in ten years (2010 or so), we would be selling more fuel efficient cars and such that other nations would be buying from us.
Now we are 9 trillion in debt and rising.