Re: Second stimulus check?
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Originally Posted by
neilgolli
Your right, the problem is, then why take a check in the first place. If your going to pay for it anyway, why borrow the money, just to pay back more in the future for even higher prices at the pump.... Your basically buying groceries on a credit card, its going to catch up with you as you pay twice as much in the long run once you figure in the interest.
I dont remember voting on the first stimulus check. If they decide to do it, it's gonna happen, and all the blind americans will be happy. The politicians make more money and we pretend to be better off.
I guess what I'm trying to say is the oil companies plan to make higher profits in the future no matter what, so how do you make it look better in the eyes of the consumer? Stimulus checks...
Re: Second stimulus check?
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Originally Posted by
kid_mustango02
If it's only a couple hundred bucks, then why dont we do it with the 1k we get? It's your 1k, do what you want with it. Now would be the time to do it IF you have it available. Once people start joining the band wagon, natural gas will sky rocket like anything else in demand.
Its about reducing our dependency on foriegn oil. Billions of $ leave this country everyday to pay for foriegn oil, if you know anything about economics you would realize that is not good. Prices of gas have risen because the demand exceeds the supply, not the case with natural gas, we have plenty of it domestically.
It also is putting $ in the hands of those cultures which sponsor terrorism, that as well is not good for national security(Osama Bin Laden comes from oil $). The majority of 911 terrorists were from Saudia Arabia, none from Iraq or Iran for that matter.
It is also cleaner and much better for the enviroment. Ever wonder why we dont cook with gasoline? Because it would kill or sicken eveyone in the house.
Also if you have paid attention to the Pickens plan he says use natural gas until the technology for electric vehicles has improved enough and that becomes the better alternative for our transportation needs.Then solar/wind power becomes even more effective.
We need to start moving foward instead of using the same fuel that we have been using for over 100 years and has now caused economic, security and enviromental damage.
All other forms of technology have evolved but because gas used to be so cheap and has been the most profitable industry in the history of mankind we have not allowed other alternatives fuels to become part of our infrastructure.
Iran is now implementing natural gas cars (and we are not) because their people cant afford gas.
That is sad that a culture we call backwards is moving foward in this field and we just complain about it.
