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Doonesbury Say What?
Aug. 4th, 2010 09:49 am"This bill is based on the premise that we believe in private, free-market capitalism to develop the resources of this land in a cost-efficient manner."
-- Rep. Joe Barton, on voting for bill giving the oil and gas industries $2.7B in tax breaks and $500M for research
Isn't capitalism supposed to be Darwinian? The fit survive, the unfit fail? That seems to be what the Republicans want, unless it's their companies that are failing, in which case they want bailouts (remember the bailouts started under Bush). So why are we giving them money? I have no problem with the government providing funds for research, but I think research money should go to educational research institutions, not private industry.
-- Rep. Joe Barton, on voting for bill giving the oil and gas industries $2.7B in tax breaks and $500M for research
Isn't capitalism supposed to be Darwinian? The fit survive, the unfit fail? That seems to be what the Republicans want, unless it's their companies that are failing, in which case they want bailouts (remember the bailouts started under Bush). So why are we giving them money? I have no problem with the government providing funds for research, but I think research money should go to educational research institutions, not private industry.
