[Age of Reason]

So we should have used the government to force changes of behavior on the American people (ie taxing oil).

Taxing oil would have been a great idea--

PROVIDING the extra revenue gained by the government would allow income taxes to be reduced in proportion--

But we know that part would NEVER happen.

But then they could have at least used the extra revenue to research alternative energy sources.

But they'd just steal the money, like they always do.

[nopardons]

But we did...we had nuclear power plants, which the lefties shut down or still want to.

How have you managed to stay this long of FR and still know and understand virtually no history at all?