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    MM> First we go with the plastic bag ban, who else is going to   
    MM> have the extra sixty or eighty cents to go to the   
    MM> supermarket to buy paper bags from the merchant because   
    MM> they forgot to bring or purchase reusable bags. Since   
      
    Buy reusable bags. It's cheaper than paper after a couple trips,   
    and it does make sense.   
      
    MM> Democrats driven away most of the businesses away from our   
    MM> state it is going to be a mandate that the working class   
    MM> can ill afford.   
      
    What makes you think democrats drove business away from your   
    state? Where do you think it went? Republican economics sent US   
    business overseas.   
      
    MM> Second we go with the pending one to three dollar a gallon   
    MM> increases in gasoline which aims to discourage people from   
    MM> driving.   
      
    Where do you see a pending one to three dollar a gallon increase   
    in gasoline? Sorry, there is no such plan. You have bought a web   
    legend.   
      
    MM> Unfortunately transit agencies do not have 24/7   
    MM> service on many of their routes and they do not have   
    MM> flexible routes to get to where people need to go so people   
    MM> are tethered to their motor vehicles.   
      
    Thank the republicans for that.   
      
    MM> Since there are not   
    MM> many jobs available people have to commute farther than   
    MM> they used to to find their ideal job opportunity.   
      
    Ideal job opportunities are not relevant.   
      
    MM> Third I would like to see Congress members Baca and Chu   
    MM> support Ron Paul's Federal Reserve Transparency Act of   
    MM> 2011.   
      
    I would like to see all congress members support FED   
    transparency. However, I am not familiar with Ron Paul's Act,   
    but he's so far out I won't sign on without serious information.   
      
    Ok, I looked it up. You really have to work to get real details   
    on any bill on the web, most of what you get is politics on the   
    subject. I found two things that convince me to support the   
    bill.   
      
    One was a speech by Dennis Kucinich in favor of the bill. I'm   
    not all that much a fan of Dennis, but what he said was clear   
    and concise. The other is, my representative, Marcy Kaptur, is a   
    co-sponsor. Marcy is one politicial I really trust.   
      
    So, top democrats do support that bill.   
      
    MM> It is disgusting how our purchasing power has went   
    MM> down the toilet where the US dollar lost 97% of its gold   
    MM> value since when we got off the gold standard in 1971.   
      
    When the dollar went off the gold standard in 1971 we learned   
    that gold was truly a miserable standard for wealth. Gold has   
    lost purchasing power against the dollar since then. The price   
    of gold shot up from $35/oz, an artifically low standard, to   
    somewhere around $300/oz, and it has not reached a permanent   
    level above that since then. Even the current run up in gold   
    price is a bubble waiting to collapse.   
      
    MM> When the working class gets more money in their pocket it   
    MM> is a victory for all involved.   
      
    True.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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