Gravity: Not Just a Good Idea, It’s the Law

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 3 June 2008 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

It was appalling to watch a reporter, who was dumb as a hoe handle on economics, question this Democrat House leader, who was dumb as a box of rocks on economics. Blazingly stupid things were said by the Congressman, which the reporter never challenged. And a fog of ignorance went out over the airwaves.

John / Billybob

[Red Badger]

This gentleman thought that additional taxes on the oil industry would somehow lower the cost of gasoline.

Then let's tax it till it's free!.............

[billva]

I agree with everything you said John.

I'm sorry you didn't win the Primary in North Carolina, I think you would have been a good Congressman.

[mbynack]

That “Supply and Demand” thing is an Urban Legend. /S

[RogerD]

It's not that hard a problem to understand. We've all heard about supply and demand. If we just demand cheap oil, regulate the oil companies so they can't drill for more oil or refine the oil they find, and raise taxes on companies that produce or refine oil, there isn't a Democrat in office who can imagine why the oil companies wouldn't supply more oil at a lower price.

[Rummyfan]

Bump!

[tcostell]

I’d like to nominate this post for best title of 1998.

[junkman_106]

I maintain...Stupid people should not be allowed to vote; they just elect more stupid people. I have never in my life, all 63 years of it, met or heard anyone so consistently stupid as our elected officials. Present company (possibly) excepted. You do seem to get to the center of the ideas. Unfortunately, I have no idea of my own as to how to correct this malfunction other than previous military training. Humpf!

[Spktyr]

Me, I’m all for the “Starship Troopers” (and not the stupid movie) version of citizenship - no service? No vote.

[newheart]

I have long thought that freshman congress-critters ought to be required to take a good intro level college econ course. Even one from Fr. Guido Sarducci (In five years all you will remember about college economics is “supply and demand”) would significantly raise the level of understanding.

[junkman_106]

Funny thing...just the other day while my son and I were commuting to his job he mentioned that he thought people shouldn’t be allowed to vote unless they had performed at least 2 years of civil service, Military service or some such training and EARNED their citizenship! I was so proud!

[pepperdog]

I love it, it should be a bumper sticker:

OIL....Let's tax it till it's free.

and printed in little letters courtesy of your ignorant Representative in Wash DC

[supremedoctrine]

Two days ago, in a thread “Maureen Dowd: Mincing up Michelle”, I mentioned “Fr. Guido Sarducci” in a humorous context. This is too much of a coincidence to see him mentioned again.

[Walmartian]

According to Hamilton’s Federalist Paper no. 10 these factions will always be kept in check by a republic rather than a true democracy. It seems history may prove him wrong in his assuptions because he failed to include:

1. Stupid people?
2. Media bias propoganda?
3. Soros types?
4. Political correctness?

Does anybody know the answer? I’m thinking it might be the stupid people.

[NonValueAdded]

Thnak you, John. It is astonishing how many in Congress haven’t got a clue.

[newheart]

LOL! Great minds...

[MileHi]

bump

[LeGrande]

The only way to force the price down is to subsidize it.

No that just changes who pays for it.

The opposite rule to taxes, concerns subsidies. If you subsidize anything, you get more of it. Witness “free” health care.

No you actually get less of whatever is subsidized. Bad money chases out good money. Health care availability actually decreases.

Whenever something is free, or close to it, demand will go through the roof.

Correct and that is also why the above points are also incorrect.

[RightWhale]

There are laws of nature and laws of economics which are absolutes.

That would be too easy and put scientists and politicians out of business. You want them unemployed and getting in the way at home?

[The Great RJ]

It seems like our civilization has gone back to a time before the Enlightenment. In those times all types of natural calamities were blamed on witches ...now it’s global warming. Magic and alchemy were thought to turn base metals to gold ...now it’s higher taxes will magically reduce prices. We seem to have abandoned the science and reasoning of the Enlightenment that brought us out of those times.