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Thomas Friedman On Copenhagen: Columnist Weighs In On Climate Change Conference (VIDEO)
Commented Dec 22, 2009 at 21:17:43 in Green
“The laws of science have changed rather dramatically over the past couple of hundred years.
Experiments are always more important than theory. However, inverse quantum states were first suggested by the late Dr. Robert Carroll, a mathematical physicist in 1976. His 1990 paper with that title states: "The philosophy that the least quantum state of an electron in orbit is unity excludes an infinity of possibilit
Randell Mills has pioneered, with no knowledge of Carroll, technology based on energy released as electrons of Hydrogen atoms are induced by a catalyst to transition to lower energy levels. Ronald Bourgoin, a former graduate student of Carroll's, showed the general wave equation predicts exactly the 137 inverse quantum levels claimed by Mills.
The late Arie de Geus developed a unique energy production method based on fractional Hydrogen. We believe our engineers have developed a much better approach to both theory and practical paths that utilize Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO.
When the Hydrogen electron orbit is made to collapse a tremendous amount of energy is released. The new atoms do not need to burn with an oxidizer to liberate energy.”
Experiments are always more important than theory. However, inverse quantum states were first suggested by the late Dr. Robert Carroll, a mathematical physicist in 1976. His 1990 paper with that title states: "The philosophy that the least quantum state of an electron in orbit is unity excludes an infinity of possibilit
Randell Mills has pioneered, with no knowledge of Carroll, technology based on energy released as electrons of Hydrogen atoms are induced by a catalyst to transition to lower energy levels. Ronald Bourgoin, a former graduate student of Carroll's, showed the general wave equation predicts exactly the 137 inverse quantum levels claimed by Mills.
The late Arie de Geus developed a unique energy production method based on fractional Hydrogen. We believe our engineers have developed a much better approach to both theory and practical paths that utilize Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO.
When the Hydrogen electron orbit is made to collapse a tremendous amount of energy is released. The new atoms do not need to burn with an oxidizer to liberate energy.”
Thomas Friedman On Copenhagen: Columnist Weighs In On Climate Change Conference (VIDEO)
Commented Dec 22, 2009 at 14:40:44 in Green
“James Hansen suggests a tax on carbon that does not go to the government, but is distributed to every American. Great idea!
Friedman is wrong to consider cap and trade a viable alternative.
However, he is correct that American enterprise can change the ball game! Government will eventually follow.
There are positive possibilities that may surprise almost everyone.
Little known breakthrough technologies can dramatically accelerate a reduction in the need for fossil fuels.
An example is fractional Hydrogen, which merely needs small quantities of ordinary water as fuel.
A hybrid vehicle fueled by fractional Hydrogen may only need a gallon of water per 1,000 miles!
Parked cars and trucks will become power plants. They can pay for themselves, wirelessly selling electricity to the local utility. Even better, they will also power a home or business.
Fifty kilowatt prototypes are promised during 2010 by one U.S. company. They create heat that can only be explained by a new source of energy.
Difficult to believe? Of course!
Rowan University experiments confirming the excess heat have been published. GEN3 Partners, a distinguished firm, has reproduced them. Other laboratories can be expected to follow.
Using fractional Hydrogen, a single barrel of water replaces 200 barrels of oil.
Read the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
Imagine the impact if development were to take place around the clock, seven days a week!
The pressing task is to make this happen, without delay!”
Friedman is wrong to consider cap and trade a viable alternative.
However, he is correct that American enterprise can change the ball game! Government will eventually follow.
There are positive possibilities that may surprise almost everyone.
Little known breakthrough technologies can dramatically accelerate a reduction in the need for fossil fuels.
An example is fractional Hydrogen, which merely needs small quantities of ordinary water as fuel.
A hybrid vehicle fueled by fractional Hydrogen may only need a gallon of water per 1,000 miles!
Parked cars and trucks will become power plants. They can pay for themselves, wirelessly selling electricity to the local utility. Even better, they will also power a home or business.
Fifty kilowatt prototypes are promised during 2010 by one U.S. company. They create heat that can only be explained by a new source of energy.
Difficult to believe? Of course!
Rowan University experiments confirming the excess heat have been published. GEN3 Partners, a distinguished firm, has reproduced them. Other laboratories can be expected to follow.
Using fractional Hydrogen, a single barrel of water replaces 200 barrels of oil.
Read the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
Imagine the impact if development were to take place around the clock, seven days a week!
The pressing task is to make this happen, without delay!”
jeg replied on Dec 22, 2009 at 19:45:43
“Not difficult to believe.
Just a basic violation of the laws of science. TANSTAAFL, for instance, sums up the energy issue nicely-- "There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch". Anyone who claims to get more power out of a system than was originally put in, does not understand the process.
There is, according to current science, a limit to how much energy exists in a given mass, defined by ye olde Einsteinian equation "e=mc^2", or "energy = mass * the speed of light squared". If we can get anywhere near that sort of efficiency, we"ll never run out of power again.
But so-called "fractional hydrogen", based off of elevating subatomic particles to hitherto unknown states, disturbs me, because it implies that somehow, you can do this elevation for free, or at least, for less energy than you get out of it later-- this sounds like perpetual motion machines, and "free energy" motors that work fine, without a load. Or H2 bubblers that lean out your engine, reducing fuel consumption-- but also seriously reducing engine life.”
Just a basic violation of the laws of science. TANSTAAFL, for instance, sums up the energy issue nicely-- "There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch". Anyone who claims to get more power out of a system than was originally put in, does not understand the process.
There is, according to current science, a limit to how much energy exists in a given mass, defined by ye olde Einsteinian equation "e=mc^2", or "energy = mass * the speed of light squared". If we can get anywhere near that sort of efficiency, we"ll never run out of power again.
But so-called "fractional hydrogen", based off of elevating subatomic particles to hitherto unknown states, disturbs me, because it implies that somehow, you can do this elevation for free, or at least, for less energy than you get out of it later-- this sounds like perpetual motion machines, and "free energy" motors that work fine, without a load. Or H2 bubblers that lean out your engine, reducing fuel consumption-- but also seriously reducing engine life.”
lennyp replied on Dec 22, 2009 at 16:49:02
All Or Nothing: A Look At The Copenhagen Endgame
Commented Dec 14, 2009 at 17:57:26 in Green
“We can do very much better than conventional wisdom suggests!
Breakthrough technologies can accelerate an end to the need for fossil fuels.
Study fractional Hydrogen: ECHO = Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits.
ECHO merely needs small quantities of ordinary water as fuel. A hybrid vehicle fueled by ECHO may need a gallon of water per 1,000 miles!
Parked cars and trucks will be power plants. They can pay for themselves, wirelessly selling electricity to the local utility. They could also power a home or business.
Fifty kilowatt prototypes have been developed by BlackLight Power. They create heat that can only be explained by a new source of energy.
Difficult to believe? Of course!
University experiments confirming the excess heat have been published. GEN3 Partners, a distinguished firm, has reproduced them. Other laboratories will follow.
Using ECHO, a single barrel of water replaces 200 barrels of oil.
See more at: http://www
Find there also: Ultraconductors - polymer equivalents of room temperature superconductors - as well as self-powered, solid-state, magnetic generators - both more difficult to believe.
Each holds extraordinary potential to more rapidly reduce the need for fossil fuels.
Imagine the impact if development were to take place around the clock, seven days a week!”
Breakthrough technologies can accelerate an end to the need for fossil fuels.
Study fractional Hydrogen: ECHO = Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits.
ECHO merely needs small quantities of ordinary water as fuel. A hybrid vehicle fueled by ECHO may need a gallon of water per 1,000 miles!
Parked cars and trucks will be power plants. They can pay for themselves, wirelessly selling electricity to the local utility. They could also power a home or business.
Fifty kilowatt prototypes have been developed by BlackLight Power. They create heat that can only be explained by a new source of energy.
Difficult to believe? Of course!
University experiments confirming the excess heat have been published. GEN3 Partners, a distinguished firm, has reproduced them. Other laboratories will follow.
Using ECHO, a single barrel of water replaces 200 barrels of oil.
See more at: http://www
Find there also: Ultraconductors - polymer equivalents of room temperature superconductors - as well as self-powered, solid-state, magnetic generators - both more difficult to believe.
Each holds extraordinary potential to more rapidly reduce the need for fossil fuels.
Imagine the impact if development were to take place around the clock, seven days a week!”
Obama Reschedules Copenhagen Visit, Will Attend End Of Climate Conference
Commented Dec 05, 2009 at 18:59:18 in Green
“Inexpensive energy will enable the large puddles we call oceans to provide all the water needed anywhere on earth by means of desalination.
It can be piped where needed with pumps powered by the same low cost energy.
Small comets, snowballs the size of a house, hit the outer atmosphere of the earth every few minutes. It is estimated one inch of water is added to the oceans every 20,000 years.
Intelligent action, rather than water, is in short supply!”
It can be piped where needed with pumps powered by the same low cost energy.
Small comets, snowballs the size of a house, hit the outer atmosphere of the earth every few minutes. It is estimated one inch of water is added to the oceans every 20,000 years.
Intelligent action, rather than water, is in short supply!”
Obama Reschedules Copenhagen Visit, Will Attend End Of Climate Conference
Commented Dec 04, 2009 at 20:35:02 in Green
“The private sector can open an alternative approach to winding down the need for fossil fuels by eliminating the need for fueling automobiles with oil.
Engines are under development that will sip small amounts of ordinary water as fuel.
Power plants using water as fuel have been announced for next year.
Experiments at Rowan University demonstrated excess heat confirming this revolutionary new source of energy.
The experiments can be reproduced at other laboratories.
The fractional Hydrogen available from water is inherently inexpensive.
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, promises a barrel of water can replace 200 barrels of oil.
Hybrid vehicles fueled by ECHO are predicted to travel 1,000 miles per gallon of water.
Is there skepticism and disbelief? Naturally!
However, successful reproduction of the Rowan experiments will demonstrate we have a surprising new source of energy.
See 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
Included is a magnetic parallel even more difficult to believe - but cutting the cord on a plug-in hybrid is now on the horizon!
Imagine future cars that require no fossil fuel and can sell electricity to the local utility when parked.
They will also be able to provide power to a home or business.”
Engines are under development that will sip small amounts of ordinary water as fuel.
Power plants using water as fuel have been announced for next year.
Experiments at Rowan University demonstrated excess heat confirming this revolutionary new source of energy.
The experiments can be reproduced at other laboratories.
The fractional Hydrogen available from water is inherently inexpensive.
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, promises a barrel of water can replace 200 barrels of oil.
Hybrid vehicles fueled by ECHO are predicted to travel 1,000 miles per gallon of water.
Is there skepticism and disbelief? Naturally!
However, successful reproduction of the Rowan experiments will demonstrate we have a surprising new source of energy.
See 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
Included is a magnetic parallel even more difficult to believe - but cutting the cord on a plug-in hybrid is now on the horizon!
Imagine future cars that require no fossil fuel and can sell electricity to the local utility when parked.
They will also be able to provide power to a home or business.”
Carol06095 replied on Dec 04, 2009 at 21:48:03
“I thought water is in short supply. So why would we use water.”
Richard Wolffe: Obama's Secret Climate Pact
Commented Nov 27, 2009 at 17:14:05 in Green
“While it will do some good to see an agreement come out of Copenhagen, it inevitably will fall far short of what is needed.
Since there is general agreement on the desirability of ending the need to import oil, there is an alternative path that reflects the general love affair with cars.
See: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
This outlines a path to electric cars that will need no recharge and hybrid engines that might need only one gallon of ordinary water as fuel for each 1,000 miles of driving.
Both systems can turn parked vehicles into power plants when parked, selling electricity to cooperating local utilities.
When that happens, those cars and trucks could pay for themselves.
Impossible? Not really! Rowan University recently validated experiments with fractional Hydrogen that produced excess heat having no easy explanation.
Those experiments can readily be repeated by other labs.
They indicate a barrel of water can replace 200, or more, barrels of oil.
Cars, trucks and buses can become power plants when parked, ending the need to build coal or nuclear plants.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, within months bombers rolled off an assembly line every 59 minutes.
This is much less complex technology.
Let's get busy!”
Since there is general agreement on the desirability of ending the need to import oil, there is an alternative path that reflects the general love affair with cars.
See: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www
This outlines a path to electric cars that will need no recharge and hybrid engines that might need only one gallon of ordinary water as fuel for each 1,000 miles of driving.
Both systems can turn parked vehicles into power plants when parked, selling electricity to cooperating local utilities.
When that happens, those cars and trucks could pay for themselves.
Impossible? Not really! Rowan University recently validated experiments with fractional Hydrogen that produced excess heat having no easy explanation.
Those experiments can readily be repeated by other labs.
They indicate a barrel of water can replace 200, or more, barrels of oil.
Cars, trucks and buses can become power plants when parked, ending the need to build coal or nuclear plants.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, within months bombers rolled off an assembly line every 59 minutes.
This is much less complex technology.
Let's get busy!”
jcwtts1 replied on Nov 27, 2009 at 20:31:28
“Great info”
chicken alfredo replied on Nov 27, 2009 at 17:20:32
“Oh what a tangled web we weave when our first act is to deceive. Yes... those are some worthy goals which some very unethical people attempted to sell on the basis of and unfounded hysterical hoax. Now exposed as liars, thier approach has backfired and now those worthy goals will be at best delayed.”
Third-Quarter GDP Number Revised Down
Commented Nov 25, 2009 at 09:46:57 in Business
“Engineers have discovered paths that lead towards remarkable energy conversion systems that utilize Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO.
In engines or fuel cells, Hydrogen is normally burned. It has been demonstrated that hydrogen atoms can release an enormous amount of energy without burning.
Hydrogen is the simplest atom: one electron revolving around one proton. Imagine an atom of Hydrogen enlarged so much that the proton is as big as a golf ball and you’d find the circling electron three hundred yards away!
It has been discovered that Hydrogen’s electron orbit can be made to collapse, becoming a much smaller sphere. A tremendous amount of energy is thus released.
The new atoms do not need to burn with an oxidizer to liberate energy.
A huge amount of Hydrogen is stored in water. The oceans contain 8 million trillion barrels of water. Think about the implications: Even without deuterium or nuclear options, one barrel of water can yield as much energy as two hundred barrels of oil - just by making clever use of fractional Hydrogen.
This can safely be accomplished without releasing radiation or pollution. The cost will be far lower than solar, wind or nuclear energy. ECHO systems can help accelerate independence from fossil fuels.
See: http://www
In engines or fuel cells, Hydrogen is normally burned. It has been demonstrated that hydrogen atoms can release an enormous amount of energy without burning.
Hydrogen is the simplest atom: one electron revolving around one proton. Imagine an atom of Hydrogen enlarged so much that the proton is as big as a golf ball and you’d find the circling electron three hundred yards away!
It has been discovered that Hydrogen’s electron orbit can be made to collapse, becoming a much smaller sphere. A tremendous amount of energy is thus released.
The new atoms do not need to burn with an oxidizer to liberate energy.
A huge amount of Hydrogen is stored in water. The oceans contain 8 million trillion barrels of water. Think about the implications: Even without deuterium or nuclear options, one barrel of water can yield as much energy as two hundred barrels of oil - just by making clever use of fractional Hydrogen.
This can safely be accomplished without releasing radiation or pollution. The cost will be far lower than solar, wind or nuclear energy. ECHO systems can help accelerate independence from fossil fuels.
See: http://www
Third-Quarter GDP Number Revised Down
Commented Nov 24, 2009 at 20:26:00 in Business
“The lack of capital and incentives for small business to grow must change before we will see major growth in employment.
Millions of jobs can be generated if that reality is understood - and acted upon by Congress and the White House.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program was designed to generate as many as 6 million jobs and launch up to 4 million entrepreneurs. It is available free at: http://www
Sharply reducing dependency on fossil fuels is possible by rapidly developing revolutionary new technologies. For an example, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the same website.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, within a matter of months bombers were rolling off an assembly line at the rate of one every 59 minutes!
Restoring the economy demands similar action.
Electric cars with unlimited range and no need for recharge are on the horizon.
Hybrids with engines that are fueled by small amounts of ordinary water are also promising.
Both can become power plants when parked, selling electricity to local utilities. Imagine the economic impact of cars and trucks that pay for themselves over a reasonable period of time!
Is it not time for action that reflects positive new realities? These possibilities are hard to believe, but open minds will discover they are genuine possibilities.
The entrepreneurial spirit of this nation can still lead rather than lament, but the effort must be forthcoming.
Let's make it happen!”
Millions of jobs can be generated if that reality is understood - and acted upon by Congress and the White House.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program was designed to generate as many as 6 million jobs and launch up to 4 million entrepreneurs. It is available free at: http://www
Sharply reducing dependency on fossil fuels is possible by rapidly developing revolutionary new technologies. For an example, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the same website.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, within a matter of months bombers were rolling off an assembly line at the rate of one every 59 minutes!
Restoring the economy demands similar action.
Electric cars with unlimited range and no need for recharge are on the horizon.
Hybrids with engines that are fueled by small amounts of ordinary water are also promising.
Both can become power plants when parked, selling electricity to local utilities. Imagine the economic impact of cars and trucks that pay for themselves over a reasonable period of time!
Is it not time for action that reflects positive new realities? These possibilities are hard to believe, but open minds will discover they are genuine possibilities.
The entrepreneurial spirit of this nation can still lead rather than lament, but the effort must be forthcoming.
Let's make it happen!”
HMDMSR replied on Nov 24, 2009 at 20:39:48
“How is energy extracted from water? It takes energy to electrolyze water.”
Pelosi: 'We'll Never Have Deficit Reduction Unless We Have Job Creation'
Commented Nov 24, 2009 at 16:47:10 in Politics
“Small business will generate millions of jobs per available dollar from Congress, in contrast to government.
Only small business can minimize unemployment.
What needs to be done:
a. Establish Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establish Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establish Employment Tax Credits for small businesses to cover the cost of collecting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues.
d. Establish a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs. See: A Human Investment Tax Credit Program at: http://www
e. Expand the multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through work sharing and job training.
f. Reform the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increase financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow.
Most small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing jobs.
It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs and thereby limit opportunities for success or growth.
Memorize this sentence: Incentives that create jobs will pay for themselves as employees pay taxes!”
Only small business can minimize unemployment.
What needs to be done:
a. Establish Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establish Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establish Employment Tax Credits for small businesses to cover the cost of collecting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues.
d. Establish a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs. See: A Human Investment Tax Credit Program at: http://www
e. Expand the multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through work sharing and job training.
f. Reform the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increase financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow.
Most small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing jobs.
It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs and thereby limit opportunities for success or growth.
Memorize this sentence: Incentives that create jobs will pay for themselves as employees pay taxes!”
Viper replied on Nov 24, 2009 at 17:09:34
“Small business for the last 8 years .. their job generation has not kept up with the amount of jobs that the large busineses have been exporting
We reached critical mass where the small business job generation has been largely killed with them having the bulk of the layoffs.
Declining wages and MFGs moving out of the country has meant less customers for them.. You can only open so many taco stands And their worker pay has been droping as they are forced to compete with low cost imports in greater amounts. And by the way, even small businesses are now forced to outsource to stay open. I'm approached all the time about moving my admnstrative functions to India or the islands.
Regards
.”
We reached critical mass where the small business job generation has been largely killed with them having the bulk of the layoffs.
Declining wages and MFGs moving out of the country has meant less customers for them.. You can only open so many taco stands And their worker pay has been droping as they are forced to compete with low cost imports in greater amounts. And by the way, even small businesses are now forced to outsource to stay open. I'm approached all the time about moving my admnstrative functions to India or the islands.
Regards
.”
ScreenName05 replied on Nov 24, 2009 at 17:04:04
“This will have very little effect. The problem is that tax credits only matter when you are making money. When you are losing money they don't apply. The other problem that is not addresses is really critical - cheap debt from the Fed is pouring into the stock market and the commodity markets. Most investment is currently being shifted from small business to the Wall Street casino. The only way to change that dynamic is Short term Capital Gains taxes at 90% (the normal gambling tax rate). Without that, there is no reason to believe the banks will ever start loaning money to business, the risk is greater and the reward is minuscule to what can be made by manipulating the stock market.
While your suggestions are good in a normal economy, the economy has changed. We are now dealing with a corporate capiitalists economy that is hell bent on using debt to leverage gambling in the stock, bond, and commodity markets. This is ultimately an unsupportable pyramid scheme, but until it collapses under its own weight, or is brought down through tax policy, none of the normal policy actions will work.”
While your suggestions are good in a normal economy, the economy has changed. We are now dealing with a corporate capiitalists economy that is hell bent on using debt to leverage gambling in the stock, bond, and commodity markets. This is ultimately an unsupportable pyramid scheme, but until it collapses under its own weight, or is brought down through tax policy, none of the normal policy actions will work.”
azxff replied on Nov 24, 2009 at 16:51:56
“I would agree that the focus needs to be on small business investment and would largely agree with these kinds of reforms only I would add that trade policy must be looked at in a way that makes global competition easier for American small business and incentives should be put in place for large business to keep facilities and jobs right here in the US.”
cb750 replied on Nov 24, 2009 at 16:51:29
“No we need to deregulate them and get out of their way so they can make jobs. The list you provide are all gov interference. Gov serves no useful purpose in the market place.”
Democrats Contemplate Direct Government Hiring
Commented Nov 23, 2009 at 15:51:18 in Business
“Small business can generate millions of jobs with available dollars from Congress, in contrast to government. Only business minimize can unemployment and foster job development through devices such as:
a. Establishing Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establishing Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establishing an Employment Tax Credits for small businesses to cover the cost of collecting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues.
d. Establishing a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs in areas experiencing high unemployment. See A Human Investment Tax Credit Program at: http://www
e. Expanding the multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through workshare and job training.
f. Reforming the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increasing financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow their businesses.
The rationale for a broadly based, Small Business program is the fact that a high proportion of small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing employment relationships. It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs and thereby limiting their chances for success or growth.
Incentives that create jobs will pay for themselves as employees pay taxes!”
a. Establishing Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establishing Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establishing an Employment Tax Credits for small businesses to cover the cost of collecting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues.
d. Establishing a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs in areas experiencing high unemployment. See A Human Investment Tax Credit Program at: http://www
e. Expanding the multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through workshare and job training.
f. Reforming the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increasing financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow their businesses.
The rationale for a broadly based, Small Business program is the fact that a high proportion of small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing employment relationships. It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs and thereby limiting their chances for success or growth.
Incentives that create jobs will pay for themselves as employees pay taxes!”
California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient
Commented Nov 20, 2009 at 13:53:46 in Green
“Magnetic generators tap a source of energy never before commercialized. This energy was apparently first converted with a solid-state device in Germany. Demonstrations were held in 1925 by Hans Coler.
Two years later, Nobel Prize winning physicist Werner Heisenberg stated: "We could utilize magnetism as an energy source".
The German Navy tried to use the devices developed by Coler to recharge submarine batteries without the need to surface. His laboratory was bombed near the end of WWII.
After the War he went to England and British Intelligence published a Report, initially classified, which suggested the work was genuine.
That Report is now easily available on the internet.
Batteries for electric cars will be replaced by magnetic generators in the future. They will need no recharge and will eventually be able to power homes as well as sell power to the local utility.
Cars and trucks so equipped may be able to pay for themselves over time as a result.”
Two years later, Nobel Prize winning physicist Werner Heisenberg stated: "We could utilize magnetism as an energy source".
The German Navy tried to use the devices developed by Coler to recharge submarine batteries without the need to surface. His laboratory was bombed near the end of WWII.
After the War he went to England and British Intelligence published a Report, initially classified, which suggested the work was genuine.
That Report is now easily available on the internet.
Batteries for electric cars will be replaced by magnetic generators in the future. They will need no recharge and will eventually be able to power homes as well as sell power to the local utility.
Cars and trucks so equipped may be able to pay for themselves over time as a result.”
California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient
Commented Nov 20, 2009 at 01:39:08 in Green
“You might enjoy my article Perpetual Commotion on the Chava website: http://www
It would not be surprising to find the generator outlasting the appliance.
The irony is that these rules are liekly to come in to full force just about the time they probably will no longer make sense.”
It would not be surprising to find the generator outlasting the appliance.
The irony is that these rules are liekly to come in to full force just about the time they probably will no longer make sense.”
poster1122 replied on Nov 20, 2009 at 12:45:52
“Isn't this an even *more* inefficient use of energy?
The appliance will use the same amount of energy. It's just that it will draw it from this generator instead. The generator will need to still be charged (first law of thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed). This method, I suppose, would save on transmission costs, which results in 10-15% loss.
But as you just said, you expect the generators to outlast the appliance. Which would mean the excess energy stored would be wasted on an unusable/obsolete device, no? Also, wouldn't it also mean that you'd be prepaying for the energy, including the excess that you wouldn't use?”
The appliance will use the same amount of energy. It's just that it will draw it from this generator instead. The generator will need to still be charged (first law of thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed). This method, I suppose, would save on transmission costs, which results in 10-15% loss.
But as you just said, you expect the generators to outlast the appliance. Which would mean the excess energy stored would be wasted on an unusable/obsolete device, no? Also, wouldn't it also mean that you'd be prepaying for the energy, including the excess that you wouldn't use?”
California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 21:06:52 in Green
“Ironically, magnetic generators without moving parts are being born. Individual appliances will have factory installed power. There will be no need to plug-in.
Difficult to believe? Of course!
These generators will also eventually replace batteries of many sizes, including those used in electric cars.
For an example of one suggested program, see the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy.
Scientists and engineers will be extremely skeptical, as they should be, until these devices are validated by independent laboratories. That event is now on the horizon.
The pace of development is presently slow. Increasing it is a current goal.”
Difficult to believe? Of course!
These generators will also eventually replace batteries of many sizes, including those used in electric cars.
For an example of one suggested program, see the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy.
Scientists and engineers will be extremely skeptical, as they should be, until these devices are validated by independent laboratories. That event is now on the horizon.
The pace of development is presently slow. Increasing it is a current goal.”
RealityBaseCamp replied on Nov 23, 2009 at 02:04:29
“Heavy sigh. I will believe it wholeheartedly when I see it.”
Tulka2 replied on Nov 20, 2009 at 00:24:08
“How long would an appliance last with such generators? It sounds as if you are claiming a perpetual motion machine. (Hey, i am all for unified theory applicatio
Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Continuation Of Bush (WATCH)
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 19:58:23 in Business
“We are competitors of BlackLight Power. BLP has raised more than $60 million and seem to have had all the money they required. The former CEO of Westinghouse and other distinguished individuals are members of their Board.
Five utilities, two of which are public, have signed Power Purchase Agreements with that firm running into several thousand megawatts of power. Next year, BLP has announced they will install 250 kW power plants based on fractional Hydrogen technology.
Our own work is very different both in theory and technology, but ECHO is also a fractional Hydrogen system.
This is new science and new technology. That is why it is important for other laboratories to reproduce the Rowan University experiments. That is how science is supposed to be done.
Dogma is best reserved for other fields. A new source of inexpensive energy is much too important to allow it to be blocked by ignorance and arrogance.”
Five utilities, two of which are public, have signed Power Purchase Agreements with that firm running into several thousand megawatts of power. Next year, BLP has announced they will install 250 kW power plants based on fractional Hydrogen technology.
Our own work is very different both in theory and technology, but ECHO is also a fractional Hydrogen system.
This is new science and new technology. That is why it is important for other laboratories to reproduce the Rowan University experiments. That is how science is supposed to be done.
Dogma is best reserved for other fields. A new source of inexpensive energy is much too important to allow it to be blocked by ignorance and arrogance.”
White House Rebuke: Angry Dems Shut Down Vote
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 19:11:14 in Business
“Small Business incentive programs allow employers to retain income to create more jobs.
Intelligent policy should use two methods of developing jobs, i.e., minimizing unemployment and encouraging and fostering job development through devices such as:
a. Establishing Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establishing Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establishing an Employment Tax Credits for existing small and medium sized businesses to cover the cost of collecting and reporting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues to meet government compliance with social and environmental issues.
d. Establishing a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs in areas experiencing high unemployment and during recessionary periods.
e. Expanding a multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through worksharing and job training.
f. Reforming the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increasing financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow their businesses.
The rationale for a broadly based, Small Business program is the fact that a high proportion of small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing employment relationships. It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs limiting their chances for success or growth.”
Intelligent policy should use two methods of developing jobs, i.e., minimizing unemployment and encouraging and fostering job development through devices such as:
a. Establishing Stock Market and Investment Regulations to prevent hedge funds from speculating in small and medium sized business securities.
b. Establishing Stock Market Regulations and tax credits that encourage employee stock ownership.
c. Establishing an Employment Tax Credits for existing small and medium sized businesses to cover the cost of collecting and reporting social security taxes, sales taxes, income taxes and other local, state and national revenues to meet government compliance with social and environmental issues.
d. Establishing a Jobs Tax Credit Program for employers who create new jobs in areas experiencing high unemployment and during recessionary periods.
e. Expanding a multi-component Tax Credit Program for employers who create new employment opportunities for the hard to employ through worksharing and job training.
f. Reforming the tax system to reduce employment taxes as the major source of federal and state revenues.
g. Increasing financing opportunities for small businesses to enable them to get the funds necessary to appropriately grow their businesses.
The rationale for a broadly based, Small Business program is the fact that a high proportion of small employers are short of the capital needed to support continuing and growing employment relationships. It is counterproductive to tax incomes of those who provide jobs limiting their chances for success or growth.”
puc4u2 replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 20:00:27
“You should replace Tim Geitner. At least your overtones are intelligent.”
fedupwiththis replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:49:56
“This is how we got into this mess. Any tax cuts, credits or other shifting of the tax burden you get will go into your pocket. Just as it has for the for the past thirty years. We need to stop letting businesses take a deduction for the payroll they have sent off-shore. We need to stop spoon-feeding our tax dollars to the wealthy so they will no longer continue to get more of the pie.”
danceswithtrees replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:41:27
“Notice Obama won't say "Tax CUTS for businesses that hire" He calls them "Tax provisions" He is lawyer smart. So was Jimmy 21% interest "Misery index" Carter. Come to think of it. We need a new "misery index" It's gonna get worse folks. buy gold and silver and pay down your debt.”
danceswithtrees replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:38:28
“These (A-G) all look good but WHY would any one who has ever ran a small business even THINK ABOUT hiring with HC reform, Cap and Tax and card check hanging over their balance sheet? There will be no growth till Obama is gone! Keep Geitner. Dump Obamao.”
efmo replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:24:04
“Good ideas, except for the fact that they don't help the large financial companies make the kind of profits they need to support their pay and bonus structures. After all, what with the recession and all, they're really needy right now. ;>)”
Political Conservative replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:17:08
“Well said. Unfortunately many on this site is from tax the rich crowd... the rich is anyone who makes more than they do.”
Lovingmycountry replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 19:15:06
“Unfortunatley your well thought out ideas are beyond the pay grade of this administration and Congress.”
New Jobless Benefit Claims Unchanged At 505K
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 17:21:18 in Business
“SMALL BUSINESS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT CAN ADD MILLIONS OF JOBS!
Providing "carrots" in the form of tax incentives is a proven method of generating jobs. The men, women and teens hired will pay taxes that return the money to the Treasury.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program is designed to generate 6 million new jobs and fund 4 million new entrepreneurs. It's at: http://www
TURN THE AUTO INDUSTRY INTO A SURPRISING JOBS GENERATOR!
Revolutionary energy breakthroughs that seem impossible will stimulate electric cars with replacements for batteries that never need recharge.
A parallel development will provide engines for hybrid cars and trucks that sip water as fuel.
On the Aesop website, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, is similar to the fractional Hydrogen experiments at Rowan University. Excess heat was produced which cannot be explained by existing science. Now, these experiments need to be reproduced elsewhere.
A barrel of water becomes equal to 200 hundred barrels of oil!
Future vehicles using either of these two systems will eventually become power plants when parked, selling electricity to the local utility.
Who will not want an electric car that needs no recharge or a hybrid fueled by water that travels 1,000 miles per gallon?
Let alone cars and trucks that pay their way!
How to accelerate the development process?”
Providing "carrots" in the form of tax incentives is a proven method of generating jobs. The men, women and teens hired will pay taxes that return the money to the Treasury.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program is designed to generate 6 million new jobs and fund 4 million new entrepreneurs. It's at: http://www
TURN THE AUTO INDUSTRY INTO A SURPRISING JOBS GENERATOR!
Revolutionary energy breakthroughs that seem impossible will stimulate electric cars with replacements for batteries that never need recharge.
A parallel development will provide engines for hybrid cars and trucks that sip water as fuel.
On the Aesop website, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, is similar to the fractional Hydrogen experiments at Rowan University. Excess heat was produced which cannot be explained by existing science. Now, these experiments need to be reproduced elsewhere.
A barrel of water becomes equal to 200 hundred barrels of oil!
Future vehicles using either of these two systems will eventually become power plants when parked, selling electricity to the local utility.
Who will not want an electric car that needs no recharge or a hybrid fueled by water that travels 1,000 miles per gallon?
Let alone cars and trucks that pay their way!
How to accelerate the development process?”
BrettnCalgary replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 18:38:17
“The best way to support small business is to have single payer health insurance.”
Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Continuation Of Bush (WATCH)
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 12:16:34 in Business
“Excellent comments by Spitzer.
Carrots and sticks are needed by Congress to encourage extremely large banks to break up into smaller, more sensibly sized, institutions.
Meanwhile, millions of jobs can be created by A Human Investment Tax Credit Program. Download it free at: http://www
This reflects the little understood fact that small business is the only reasonably rapid path to millions of new jobs.
A second path, not as fast, that can add millions more jobs is the introduction of revolutionary new technology that will provide cost-competitive energy from sources never before commercialized.
One such new source of energy was independently validated by Rowan University. The experiments indicate a gallon of ordinary water can replace two hundred gallons of oil.
Hard to believe? You bet! But, other laboratories can reproduce the experiments. To their surprise, they will discover that what can be called Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, will provide a surprising new source of energy.
ECHO will be able to power hybrid engines that may need only one gallon of water for each 1,000 miles of driving. Even better, cars and trucks powered in this manner will eventually be able to sell electricity to the local utility when parked.
To learn more, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the Aesop website.”
Carrots and sticks are needed by Congress to encourage extremely large banks to break up into smaller, more sensibly sized, institutions.
Meanwhile, millions of jobs can be created by A Human Investment Tax Credit Program. Download it free at: http://www
This reflects the little understood fact that small business is the only reasonably rapid path to millions of new jobs.
A second path, not as fast, that can add millions more jobs is the introduction of revolutionary new technology that will provide cost-competitive energy from sources never before commercialized.
One such new source of energy was independently validated by Rowan University. The experiments indicate a gallon of ordinary water can replace two hundred gallons of oil.
Hard to believe? You bet! But, other laboratories can reproduce the experiments. To their surprise, they will discover that what can be called Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, will provide a surprising new source of energy.
ECHO will be able to power hybrid engines that may need only one gallon of water for each 1,000 miles of driving. Even better, cars and trucks powered in this manner will eventually be able to sell electricity to the local utility when parked.
To learn more, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the Aesop website.”
ddanimal replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 12:38:08
“Oh this is the scam perpetrated by Randell Mills of Blacklight Power. Dr Mills has been selling the same nonsense for almost 20 years. He is perpetually just a couple years away from proving his theories. All he needs is more money.
its a scam.”
its a scam.”
Nelson On Board For Second Round Of Spending
Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 14:39:53 in Politics
“A PRACTICAL WAY TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF JOBS!
A realistic jobs program must focus on small business incentives. Let the new employee generate income and pay taxes that repay the incentives.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program aims at 6 million new jobs and funding 4 million new entrepreneurs. It should consider:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are teenagers. Credits would be limited for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills. The amount to be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to stimulate or match expanded equity ownership by employees.
These incentives can readily be refined and voted into law. The economic analysis and more information are on the website: http://www
The ultimate goal is jobs for all who seek them.”
A realistic jobs program must focus on small business incentives. Let the new employee generate income and pay taxes that repay the incentives.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program aims at 6 million new jobs and funding 4 million new entrepreneurs. It should consider:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are teenagers. Credits would be limited for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills. The amount to be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to stimulate or match expanded equity ownership by employees.
These incentives can readily be refined and voted into law. The economic analysis and more information are on the website: http://www
The ultimate goal is jobs for all who seek them.”
23000Days replied on Nov 17, 2009 at 14:42:09
“Good thoughts.
Fanned.”
Fanned.”
Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing The Public On Climate Change
Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 10:42:05 in Green
“Let the love affair with vehicles lead to realization of possible reduction in the need for fossil fuels!
See the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the Aesop Institute website: http://www
This outlines breakthrough technology that opens paths to cars that need no fossil fuel or recharge.
Later, more advanced versions can turn cars into power plants, wirelessly able to sell power to the local utility when parked.
Imagine the potential of cars and trucks that emit no pollution and can pay for themselves, as well as end the need to build coal or nuclear power plants!
Visualize electric cars that need no recharge! Also, hybrids with engines that need only one gallon of water as fuel every 1,000 miles. As impossible as it sounds, these technologies are now on the horizon.
Rowan University recently published results of experiments that can only be explained by a new source of energy. Other laboratories can readily reproduce them. Skeptics should see that these experiments are reproduced rapidly and form their own conclusions.
The experiments indicate that one barrel of water can replace 200 barrels of oil!
These cost-competitive technologies will produce millions of jobs.
They will change what is believed about energy and help reverse trends that threaten catastrophe.”
See the article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the Aesop Institute website: http://www
This outlines breakthrough technology that opens paths to cars that need no fossil fuel or recharge.
Later, more advanced versions can turn cars into power plants, wirelessly able to sell power to the local utility when parked.
Imagine the potential of cars and trucks that emit no pollution and can pay for themselves, as well as end the need to build coal or nuclear power plants!
Visualize electric cars that need no recharge! Also, hybrids with engines that need only one gallon of water as fuel every 1,000 miles. As impossible as it sounds, these technologies are now on the horizon.
Rowan University recently published results of experiments that can only be explained by a new source of energy. Other laboratories can readily reproduce them. Skeptics should see that these experiments are reproduced rapidly and form their own conclusions.
The experiments indicate that one barrel of water can replace 200 barrels of oil!
These cost-competitive technologies will produce millions of jobs.
They will change what is believed about energy and help reverse trends that threaten catastrophe.”
Obama Hobbled By Congress In Fight Against Global Warming
Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 19:26:08 in Politics
“GOVERNMENT FIDDLES WHILE THE PLANET WARMS!
The clash of interest groups in the Congress inevitably slows action on climate change to a crawl.
Look instead at the potential to dramatically reduce the need for imported oil. That is a subject on which most Americans agree.
Little known, revolutionary, breakthroughs in energy hold the potential to provide electric cars with replacements for batteries that never need recharge.
A parallel development has the potential to provide hybrid cars and trucks that only need a small amount of ordinary water as fuel.
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, has some similarity to a system that has been the subject of experiments at Rowan University. Excess heat was produced which has no other explanation than a new source of energy. While hard to believe, those experiments can be reproduced by other laboratories.
They indicate a gallon of water can replace 200 gallons of oil.
Future vehicles using either of these radically new systems can eventually become power plants when parked, selling electricity to the local utility. Such vehicles may be able to pay for themselves.
They will reduce the need for imported oil and serve to hold the price of gasoline down at the pump once such vehicles are in production.
For more, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy at http://www
The clash of interest groups in the Congress inevitably slows action on climate change to a crawl.
Look instead at the potential to dramatically reduce the need for imported oil. That is a subject on which most Americans agree.
Little known, revolutionary, breakthroughs in energy hold the potential to provide electric cars with replacements for batteries that never need recharge.
A parallel development has the potential to provide hybrid cars and trucks that only need a small amount of ordinary water as fuel.
Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO, has some similarity to a system that has been the subject of experiments at Rowan University. Excess heat was produced which has no other explanation than a new source of energy. While hard to believe, those experiments can be reproduced by other laboratories.
They indicate a gallon of water can replace 200 gallons of oil.
Future vehicles using either of these radically new systems can eventually become power plants when parked, selling electricity to the local utility. Such vehicles may be able to pay for themselves.
They will reduce the need for imported oil and serve to hold the price of gasoline down at the pump once such vehicles are in production.
For more, see: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy at http://www
Nouriel Roubini: Unemployment Hasn't Peaked, Worst Yet To Come
Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 17:29:08 in Business
“When a Human Investment Tax Credit program is passed by Congress, you can bet that it will include language which prevents that from happening.
In 1975, in cooperation with the Economic Development Administration of the U. S. Department of Commerce, we wrote brief reports under the titles of "A Human Investment Tax Credit Program - A component of an Anti-Inflation and Full Employment Alternative Economic Program." The First Report was updated by a Second Report in 1977, as Congress considered and passed a landmark Employment Tax Credit Program as a stimulus to recover from the recession. Even though the Employment Tax Credit passed by Congress only reflected a few of the recommended incentives, it generated 900,000 private-sector jobs, fully 20 percent of all new jobs created that year. To that moment it resulted in more jobs in less time than any single piece of legislation in history.
A Census Bureau survey showed that only 34 percent of all businesses were aware of the little-publicized program. Only a third of the eligible businesses utilized the credits. Many elected officials opposed the Job Tax Credit, and it was little advertised. If promoted effectively, with all of the suggested incentives, it might have met the original goal of generating three million to six million new jobs and encouraging one million to four million people to become self-employed. The following year the program was gutted and became the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, which was ineffectiv
In 1975, in cooperation with the Economic Development Administration of the U. S. Department of Commerce, we wrote brief reports under the titles of "A Human Investment Tax Credit Program - A component of an Anti-Inflation and Full Employment Alternative Economic Program." The First Report was updated by a Second Report in 1977, as Congress considered and passed a landmark Employment Tax Credit Program as a stimulus to recover from the recession. Even though the Employment Tax Credit passed by Congress only reflected a few of the recommended incentives, it generated 900,000 private-sector jobs, fully 20 percent of all new jobs created that year. To that moment it resulted in more jobs in less time than any single piece of legislation in history.
A Census Bureau survey showed that only 34 percent of all businesses were aware of the little-publicized program. Only a third of the eligible businesses utilized the credits. Many elected officials opposed the Job Tax Credit, and it was little advertised. If promoted effectively, with all of the suggested incentives, it might have met the original goal of generating three million to six million new jobs and encouraging one million to four million people to become self-employed. The following year the program was gutted and became the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, which was ineffectiv
Nouriel Roubini: Unemployment Hasn't Peaked, Worst Yet To Come
Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 17:22:20 in Business
“Politics is still the art of the possible.
Getting Congress to pass another stimulus appears to be a non-starter.
It is also the case that these tax credits will be arrows, directed at the urgent target of getting men, women, teens, and minorities jobs as rapidly as possible.
The fact that the subsidies are repaid from the new employees future taxes makes this workable enough across the political spectrum to get it passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.
As I have stated in an article called The Brooklyn Project, on the Aesop website: http://www
We achieved that goal during WWII with 2% unemployment. It can be achieved in peacetime, with new understanding that reflects better insight into contemporary economics.
Broadened ownership of the economy is another important goal. In the Brooklyn Project I suggest we begin to work toward deriving half of the average persons income from investments. This could eventually cut the work week in half, opening a huge number of new jobs.
And providing most people with the time and income to pursue their dreams.”
Getting Congress to pass another stimulus appears to be a non-starter.
It is also the case that these tax credits will be arrows, directed at the urgent target of getting men, women, teens, and minorities jobs as rapidly as possible.
The fact that the subsidies are repaid from the new employees future taxes makes this workable enough across the political spectrum to get it passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.
As I have stated in an article called The Brooklyn Project, on the Aesop website: http://www
We achieved that goal during WWII with 2% unemployment. It can be achieved in peacetime, with new understanding that reflects better insight into contemporary economics.
Broadened ownership of the economy is another important goal. In the Brooklyn Project I suggest we begin to work toward deriving half of the average persons income from investments. This could eventually cut the work week in half, opening a huge number of new jobs.
And providing most people with the time and income to pursue their dreams.”
Nouriel Roubini: Unemployment Hasn't Peaked, Worst Yet To Come
Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 16:07:43 in Business
“INCENTIVES CAN CREATE JOBS THAT PAY FOR THEMSELVES!
A jobs program needs to focus on incentives. The new employee generates his own income and provides taxes to repay the incentives.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program that might create up to 6 million new jobs and encourage up to 4 million new entrepreneurs, might include:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are under 20 years of age. Credits would be limited in amount for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills. Again, the amount would be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to match or stimulate expanded equity ownership by employees.
These suggested incentives can readily be refined and voted into law. That should be an urgent order of business for the Administration and Congress.”
See the website: http://www
A jobs program needs to focus on incentives. The new employee generates his own income and provides taxes to repay the incentives.
A Human Investment Tax Credit Program that might create up to 6 million new jobs and encourage up to 4 million new entrepreneurs, might include:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are under 20 years of age. Credits would be limited in amount for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills. Again, the amount would be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to match or stimulate expanded equity ownership by employees.
These suggested incentives can readily be refined and voted into law. That should be an urgent order of business for the Administration and Congress.”
See the website: http://www
JaneK13 replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 16:18:34
“Forget the tax credits...
It's time to overhaul that bloated an antiquated income tax system.
Will it ever be done? Perhaps, if we can elect some honest ordinary folks to congress who will apply some old-fashioned common sense to the way they do business in DC.”
It's time to overhaul that bloated an antiquated income tax system.
Will it ever be done? Perhaps, if we can elect some honest ordinary folks to congress who will apply some old-fashioned common sense to the way they do business in DC.”
NativeSonII replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 16:14:57
“If I was an employer, why wouldn't I fire all my employees and hire them back for the tax credits? This has fraud written all over it.”
Meggie replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 16:10:31
“No no no more taxpayer money to corporations.
Just find government work like the old CCC programs and put people to work. No business middlemen. They can work to earn some of that new spending money, but that's as close as they should get to it.”
Just find government work like the old CCC programs and put people to work. No business middlemen. They can work to earn some of that new spending money, but that's as close as they should get to it.”
Obama Announces Summit To Fight Unemployment
Commented Nov 13, 2009 at 16:19:25 in Business
“A Human Investment Tax Credit program contains arrows aimed at the bulls eye of reducing unemployment without new inflationary pressures.
These incentives will create several million jobs in the small business sector, with many million more individuals becoming self-employed. This small business employment reservoir is far less expensive and politically workable than government as an employer of last resort.
The critical six suggestions:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit would be limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring additional people. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are under 20 years of age. Such credits would be limited in amount for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and thereby spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to help facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills of employees. Again the amount would be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to match or stimulate expanded equity ownership by employees.
These “carrots” can readily be voted into law as an urgent order of business for the Administration and Congress.”
These incentives will create several million jobs in the small business sector, with many million more individuals becoming self-employed. This small business employment reservoir is far less expensive and politically workable than government as an employer of last resort.
The critical six suggestions:
1. A $3,000 per person tax credit for existing employees. This credit would be limited to $30,000 for a sole proprietor and $60,000 for a corporation.
2. A $4,000 per person tax credit to employers for hiring additional people. This credit would be $6,000 per person where individuals hired are under 20 years of age. Such credits would be limited in amount for each employer to perhaps $40,000 per year for a sole proprietor and $200,000 for a corporation.
3. A $2,000 maximum tax credit per person to provide a Workshare Bonus to employees who work short weeks and thereby spread available employment.
4. An $8,000 maximum tax credit for self-employed individuals to help facilitate self-employment.
5. A $2,000 per person training credit to employers who participate in training programs to improve job related skills of employees. Again the amount would be limited with primary encouragement to small businesses.
6. A $2,000 credit to corporations to match or stimulate expanded equity ownership by employees.
These “carrots” can readily be voted into law as an urgent order of business for the Administration and Congress.”
Spiky Kitten replied on Nov 14, 2009 at 08:51:00
“credits and carrots, oh my.
how about a flat tax.”
how about a flat tax.”
Job Openings Near Record Lows
Commented Nov 10, 2009 at 20:31:40 in Business
“ARROWS TO ATTACK UNEMPLOYMENT!
A Human Investment Tax Credit (HITC) program can target up to 6 million jobs and empower up to 4 million entrepreneurs.
Download it at: http://www
The 1977 Employment Tax Credit features few of these incentives yet launched almost one mil-lion jobs - 20% of the jobs created the following year. No legislation in our history generated more jobs in less time!
Congress should pass a HITC program with White House support, without delay
Millions more jobs can also come from surprising new technology. See: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy - on the same Aesop website.
This outlines radically new energy systems. They will create cars that need no conventional fuel or recharge. Later versions can turn parked vehicles into power plants - cars and trucks that pay for themselves by selling electricity to the local utility.
This comment will certainly be greeted with extreme skepticism and disbelief.
Yet, Rowan University has performed experiments that produced more heat than science can cur-rently explain. The experiments can and must be repeated elsewhere.
They indicate a new source of energy can allow a barrel of water to replace 200 barrels of oil!
That can change the entire energy landscape and sharply boost the economy, creating millions of well-paid jobs.
The pertinent question is how to speed the process?”
A Human Investment Tax Credit (HITC) program can target up to 6 million jobs and empower up to 4 million entrepreneurs.
Download it at: http://www
The 1977 Employment Tax Credit features few of these incentives yet launched almost one mil-lion jobs - 20% of the jobs created the following year. No legislation in our history generated more jobs in less time!
Congress should pass a HITC program with White House support, without delay
Millions more jobs can also come from surprising new technology. See: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy - on the same Aesop website.
This outlines radically new energy systems. They will create cars that need no conventional fuel or recharge. Later versions can turn parked vehicles into power plants - cars and trucks that pay for themselves by selling electricity to the local utility.
This comment will certainly be greeted with extreme skepticism and disbelief.
Yet, Rowan University has performed experiments that produced more heat than science can cur-rently explain. The experiments can and must be repeated elsewhere.
They indicate a new source of energy can allow a barrel of water to replace 200 barrels of oil!
That can change the entire energy landscape and sharply boost the economy, creating millions of well-paid jobs.
The pertinent question is how to speed the process?”
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