Re: great moments in statesmanship
What wrong, aside from the subliterate syntax, is the sense of entitlement: I’m an American, goddamnit, and it’s my birthright to waste shit like crazy!
We could have a very fine standard of living while consuming lots less energy than we do.
boddi satva wrote:
“if we’re going improve (sic) our standard of living, you have to consume more energy.” -
Seems axiomatic to me (at least in the near term). What’s the problem with this statement?
On 11/16/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.comdhenwood@panix.com> wrote:
[via Sam Smith’s Progressive Review - Grassley is a 5th-term Senator from Iowa]
You know, what–what makes our economy grow is energy. And, and Americans are used to going to the gas tank (sic), and when they put that hose in their, uh, tank, and when I do it, I wanna get gas out of it. And when I turn the light switch on, I want the lights to go on, and I don’t want somebody to tell me I gotta change my way of living to satisfy them. Because this is America, and this is something we’ve worked our way into, and the American people are entitled to it, and if we’re going improve (sic) our standard of living, you have to consume more energy.” - Charles Grassley on NPR
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