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<blockquote data-quote="JL 0513" data-source="post: 2028607" data-attributes="member: 50088">Who controls the economy? We all &quot;control&quot; the economy by engaging in it. Would you prefer the government have full control of it?&nbsp; The American economy is so massive, no main entity controls it although government and increasing laws and regulations hinder it.When/where in the history of mankind, have people had more than they do today and lived a better standard of living?&nbsp; Name a time and place you&#039;d rather be.In every conceivable product category, we have far more choices than ever. Houses have never been bigger and better. Cars are remarkable today. Technology has enhanced our lives in unbelievable ways. Tasks we had to waste so much time doing before are now done with machines leaving us able to do more valuable things with our time. I could go on for hours.What is this &quot;sustainable economy&quot;?&nbsp; Sounds like an ideological phrase with no thought on what that might be or even means.How do workers own and run the company they work for? How does that work?&nbsp; At UPS, is the package car driver also sitting in on the board of directors before getting on the road in the morning? Sounds like freedom to you is living with no job, no responsibility, and somehow all of your needs are met.You just described having a job as not being free. Really?If most of the poor are on food stamps, how are they going hungry? Food stamp allowances are usually more than I pay for food. Funny how most of the poor are overweight in America. There&#039;s no colluding going on. That&#039;s ludicrous. Automakers have been doing everything they can practically to advance fuel efficiency. After all, if your fuel efficiency sucks, you&#039;re not going to sell many cars. There&#039;s many brands competing on efficiency. If it was possible to say double MPG in internal combustion cars overnight don&#039;t you think a company would do it and sell tons of cars?&nbsp; Many hybrids have been brought to market, and only Toyota has pulled off strong sales although still fall way short of conventional cars. Consumer choice. Big automakers DO have electric cars. There&#039;s several and they just don&#039;t sell because electric cars are impractical. Why would you pay twice the price for a car and be dead on the side of the road after 90 miles? Tesla? You mean those cars that cost $100,000? Oh.&nbsp; Gasoline cars remain king because that&#039;s what we want. Trucks and SUV&#039;s are immensely popular because that&#039;s what we want. Plain and simple market forces. How&#039;s your electric car?&nbsp; Oh, you don&#039;t have one do you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JL 0513, post: 2028607, member: 50088"] Who controls the economy? We all "control" the economy by engaging in it. Would you prefer the government have full control of it? The American economy is so massive, no main entity controls it although government and increasing laws and regulations hinder it. When/where in the history of mankind, have people had more than they do today and lived a better standard of living? Name a time and place you'd rather be. In every conceivable product category, we have far more choices than ever. Houses have never been bigger and better. Cars are remarkable today. Technology has enhanced our lives in unbelievable ways. Tasks we had to waste so much time doing before are now done with machines leaving us able to do more valuable things with our time. I could go on for hours. What is this "sustainable economy"? Sounds like an ideological phrase with no thought on what that might be or even means. How do workers own and run the company they work for? How does that work? At UPS, is the package car driver also sitting in on the board of directors before getting on the road in the morning? Sounds like freedom to you is living with no job, no responsibility, and somehow all of your needs are met. You just described having a job as not being free. Really? If most of the poor are on food stamps, how are they going hungry? Food stamp allowances are usually more than I pay for food. Funny how most of the poor are overweight in America. There's no colluding going on. That's ludicrous. Automakers have been doing everything they can practically to advance fuel efficiency. After all, if your fuel efficiency sucks, you're not going to sell many cars. There's many brands competing on efficiency. If it was possible to say double MPG in internal combustion cars overnight don't you think a company would do it and sell tons of cars? Many hybrids have been brought to market, and only Toyota has pulled off strong sales although still fall way short of conventional cars. Consumer choice. Big automakers DO have electric cars. There's several and they just don't sell because electric cars are impractical. Why would you pay twice the price for a car and be dead on the side of the road after 90 miles? Tesla? You mean those cars that cost $100,000? Oh. Gasoline cars remain king because that's what we want. Trucks and SUV's are immensely popular because that's what we want. Plain and simple market forces. How's your electric car? Oh, you don't have one do you. [/QUOTE]

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