Deflationary spiral in a world with to much debt and overcapacity. Every dollar that the Central bank prints or the government borrows and spends in a world where monetary systems where money is nothing but debt which must be paid back with interest increases the down turn. The more they print and spend the worse it gets. Homeless people don’t drive cars, they sleep in them by the way. A dead cat bounce in oil seems reasonable at this point just don’t forget to sell.

Good, bad, or indifferent, I think that Mr. King has the bead on this issue and we will indeed see oil back above $60 in 2009.

About Stephen Harper; here are facts:
1. He is a devout evangelical Christian
2. He is an economist by university training
3. He is Conservative or right of center in his politics
4. He is not really a politician in the traditional sense
5. He was a founding executive in a series of right wing, grass roots, western Canadian protest parties that culminated in them putting the traditional Bay Street Conservative Party out of business and bringing the name and most of their followers into the fold of a new grassroots organization complete with a new party of the constituents with a new party constitution.
6. While all other Canadian Political Parties are Millions in debt the Conservatives have a multi-million dollar war chest.
7. Due to his personal beliefs he has been painted by the press as a scary, right-wing, stone-age, Christian politician, about to impose his religious beliefs on us all.

Thus I will make the following observations. I have been told he was a Rothbard follower. He has effected many small changes that would indicate likewise. The new Conservative party has only been able to achieve a minority government in 3 elections in 5 years and as such has had to tread very lightly to hold onto power. I believe we Canadians are in a much better position than we would have been. In September the best performing country in the G8. I also believe they have been forced by public consensus to follow the lead of the American government in throwing money at the banks and the auto industry.
They have reduced government spending, lowered all taxes significantly and reduced the amount of government intervention in our lives.

Hope this covers some of your questions.

Bill

What do you think the prospects are for increased coal usage in our country while reducing pollution from coal?

How would you encourage more people and businesses to obtain power from the sun and wind?

How would you encourage more people and businesses to buy cars that run on electricity and cars that run on electricity with fuel as a backup power source?

Do you think the federal government and state governments should increase the gasoline tax over time? I do. This will help us reduce our dependence upon foreign oil. If the federal government spends more money on buses within cities and buses between cities, people may have an easier time getting to jobs and from jobs which would help reduce the need for food stamps, Medicaid, and unemployment. If fewer families need to have 2nd cars and 3rd cars, they could save money on transportation and have more money for other things.

If the federal government is serious about growing the economy and creating jobs, it should stop taxing interest from savings accounts, dividends, capital gains, and estates. People and businesses will have more money to spend. Businesses will have an easier time obtaining loans and investments for hiring workers, research and development, and plant and equipment. Middle class people and union members would benefit from capital gains and dividends not being taxed.

The federal government should sell a lot of the land it owns to raise capital, reduce the national debt, help fund Social Security and Medicare, invest in infrastructure projects, and do other things. Some of the money the federal government obtains from the sale of the lands should go to state governments. If you type federal government owned land on a search engine, you might be surprised at how much land the federal government owns.

Congress should eliminate the Federal Reserve or veto many of its decisions.

Congress should consider backing our currency with gold, silver, and other commodities.

The United States of America should end the trade embargo with Cuba. We trade with China. We should be willing to trade with Cuba. We should let in sugar, cigars, and many other products.

The United States of America should consider making a lot of fuel from sugar the way that Brazil does. The United States of America may want to import a great deal of fuel from Brazil.

The United States of America should consider making a lot of fuel from non food crops.

The United States of America should do a better job of obtaining fuel from used cooking oil that come from restaurants.

I graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1992 with a BA Degree in Political Science and a minor in Economics.

I ran for United States Senate from New Hampshire in 2002.

My website is http://www.myspace.com/kennethstremsky