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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.

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