Comments on: SOTU Speech Wrap Up http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:18:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841361 sunshine Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:23:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841361 <p>Here is a list of corporate socialism or corporate welfare called subsidies. I hope the President meant he will overhaul these. </p> <p>Direct subsidies<br /> Indirect Subsidies<br /> Labor subsidies<br /> Tax Subsidy<br /> Perverse subsidies<br /> Production subsidies<br /> Regulatory advantages<br /> Infrastructure subsidies<br /> Trade protection (Import)<br /> Export subsidies (trade promotion)<br /> Procurement subsidies<br /> Consumption subsidies<br /> Tax breaks and corporate welfare<br /> Subsidies due to the effect of debt guarantees</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidies" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidies</a></p> Here is a list of corporate socialism or corporate welfare called subsidies. I hope the President meant he will overhaul these.

Direct subsidies
Indirect Subsidies
Labor subsidies
Tax Subsidy
Perverse subsidies
Production subsidies
Regulatory advantages
Infrastructure subsidies
Trade protection (Import)
Export subsidies (trade promotion)
Procurement subsidies
Consumption subsidies
Tax breaks and corporate welfare
Subsidies due to the effect of debt guarantees

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidies

]]> By: sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841353 sunshine Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:14:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841353 <p>We were suckered into investing in retirement accounts to save taxes on our hard earned money. Money managers paid themselves millions and then screwed us. I hope he is saying we can save money for our retirement and not be taxed.</p> <blockquote><p>while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans</p></blockquote> We were suckered into investing in retirement accounts to save taxes on our hard earned money. Money managers paid themselves millions and then screwed us. I hope he is saying we can save money for our retirement and not be taxed.

while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841206 MarkH Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:42:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841206 <blockquote><p>we watched on the newshour. And just cracked up when Brooks was shaking his head at Jindal and said this type of thinking is “insane”. Yes, he said insane!!!!</p></blockquote> <p>Yes indeed, it WAS a good night for Sarah Palin. heh</p>

we watched on the newshour. And just cracked up when Brooks was shaking his head at Jindal and said this type of thinking is “insane”. Yes, he said insane!!!!

Yes indeed, it WAS a good night for Sarah Palin. heh

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841133 bobschacht Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:46:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841133 <p>“We must have quality affordable health care for every American.” Obama recognizes that “Health care reform cannot wait…another year”. He recognizes how central this is to the whole economy.</p> <p>Its his Second Challenge.</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> “We must have quality affordable health care for every American.” Obama recognizes that “Health care reform cannot wait…another year”. He recognizes how central this is to the whole economy.

Its his Second Challenge.

Bob in HI

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841123 bobschacht Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:40:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841123 <p>How about “We are going to have health care this year”? Obama said something close to that tonight.</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> How about “We are going to have health care this year”? Obama said something close to that tonight.

Bob in HI

]]> By: AZ Matt http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841073 AZ Matt Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:07:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841073 <p>This was a comment at NOLA.com:</p> <blockquote><p>I’m a GDI who happily voted for Bobby in the last two Guvnuh races. The dude just sucked tonight. The Republican Party has taken a great guy and shaped him into the typical party-line douche bag. Sad, I had high hopes for him - not any more.</p></blockquote> This was a comment at NOLA.com:

I’m a GDI who happily voted for Bobby in the last two Guvnuh races. The dude just sucked tonight. The Republican Party has taken a great guy and shaped him into the typical party-line douche bag. Sad, I had high hopes for him – not any more.

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841059 bigbrother Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:03:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841059 <p>I view global warming as the greatest single threat to the economy, the environment and the health and safety of Planet Earth.</p> <p>Carbon tax is a penalty for polluting.<br /> Cap and Trade is a market like </p> <p>Chicago Climate Exchange Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is North America ’s only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and trading system for …<br /> 5 KB (663 words) - 02:02, 31 December 2008</p> I view global warming as the greatest single threat to the economy, the environment and the health and safety of Planet Earth.

Carbon tax is a penalty for polluting.
Cap and Trade is a market like

Chicago Climate Exchange Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is North America ’s only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and trading system for …
5 KB (663 words) – 02:02, 31 December 2008

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841053 Suzanne Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:01:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841053 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/late-late-nite-fdl-tick-tock-boom/" rel="nofollow">late late nite 2 flights up</a></p> late late nite 2 flights up

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841052 bigbrother Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:59:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841052 <p>A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is an example of a pollution tax.</p> <p>Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, oil and gas) and are released as CO2 when they are burnt. In contrast, non-combustion energy sources—wind, sunlight, hydropower, and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide. Accordingly, a carbon tax is effectively a tax on the use of fossil fuels, and only fossil fuels. Some schemes also include other greenhouse gases; the global warming potential is an internationally accepted scale of equivalence for other greenhouse gases in units of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.</p> <p>Because of the link with global warming, a carbon tax is sometimes assumed to require an internationally administered scheme. However, that is not intrinsic to the principle. The European Union considered a carbon tax covering its member states prior to starting its emissions trading scheme in 2005. The UK has unilaterally introduced a range of carbon taxes and levies to accompany the EU ETS trading regime. Note that emissions trading systems do not constitute a Pigovian tax, because they entail the creation of a property right.</p> <p>The purpose of a carbon tax is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and thereby slow climate change. It can be implemented by taxing the burning of fossil fuels—coal, petroleum products such as gasoline and aviation fuel, and natural gas—in proportion to their carbon content. Unlike other approaches such as carbon cap-and-trade systems, direct taxation has the benefit of being easily understood and can be popular with the public if the revenue from the tax is returned by reducing other taxes. Alternatively, it may be used to fund environmental projects.<br /> Wiki</p> A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is an example of a pollution tax.

Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, oil and gas) and are released as CO2 when they are burnt. In contrast, non-combustion energy sources—wind, sunlight, hydropower, and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide. Accordingly, a carbon tax is effectively a tax on the use of fossil fuels, and only fossil fuels. Some schemes also include other greenhouse gases; the global warming potential is an internationally accepted scale of equivalence for other greenhouse gases in units of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Because of the link with global warming, a carbon tax is sometimes assumed to require an internationally administered scheme. However, that is not intrinsic to the principle. The European Union considered a carbon tax covering its member states prior to starting its emissions trading scheme in 2005. The UK has unilaterally introduced a range of carbon taxes and levies to accompany the EU ETS trading regime. Note that emissions trading systems do not constitute a Pigovian tax, because they entail the creation of a property right.

The purpose of a carbon tax is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and thereby slow climate change. It can be implemented by taxing the burning of fossil fuels—coal, petroleum products such as gasoline and aviation fuel, and natural gas—in proportion to their carbon content. Unlike other approaches such as carbon cap-and-trade systems, direct taxation has the benefit of being easily understood and can be popular with the public if the revenue from the tax is returned by reducing other taxes. Alternatively, it may be used to fund environmental projects.
Wiki

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841051 newtonusr Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:58:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/24/sosu-speech-wrap-up/#comment-1841051 <p>Jindal - an unimaginable train wreck.<br /> Frum must be giddy.</p> Jindal – an unimaginable train wreck.
Frum must be giddy.

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