Len
I guess thats where we are different
"If I were you, I would because, as I said, nobody I know would agree with it. In fact, I can't even imagine ANY American agreeing with it."
I wouldn't back off something simply because people don't agree with me.
I wouldn't really say you have been debating it either. You threw out statements about trillions spent and miracle technologies lost without a shred of evidence for each.
I might have well have said without dependence on foreign oil the earth would have been destroyed by a meteor long ago. Our evidence base would be identical.
Funny thing is I could be convinced its a bad thing. I just haven't heard a compelling argument.
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