Comments on: Senator Howard Metzenbaum: Best Obit in the Washington Post http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15 The Buzz on 21st Century Cleveland Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Carole Cohen http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15/comment-page-1#comment-722 Carole Cohen Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:05:15 +0000 http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15#comment-722 Hi Roman, and geeze I haven't been called a socialist since well, ever! I appreciate that price controls are controversial, and also your economic thoughts; My exchange with Moni was more about the passion he had for an issue -- right now, to me, it's not about price controls but alternative fuels and figuring out a way not to be so heavily invested in natural gas and oil. Metzenbaum was not as good at compromise as I would have liked, but on pocketbook issues now, I wish we had some Senators and Congressmen who were willing to fillibuster for weeks on issues about which they were passionate. Maybe we'd have more of us involved in a regular debate. And I'm glad you stopped by to share your views... Hi Roman, and geeze I haven’t been called a socialist since well, ever! I appreciate that price controls are controversial, and also your economic thoughts; My exchange with Moni was more about the passion he had for an issue — right now, to me, it’s not about price controls but alternative fuels and figuring out a way not to be so heavily invested in natural gas and oil. Metzenbaum was not as good at compromise as I would have liked, but on pocketbook issues now, I wish we had some Senators and Congressmen who were willing to fillibuster for weeks on issues about which they were passionate. Maybe we’d have more of us involved in a regular debate.

And I’m glad you stopped by to share your views…

]]> By: Roman http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15/comment-page-1#comment-721 Roman Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:38:21 +0000 http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15#comment-721 Unbelievable, we are supporting a guy now because he supported price controls. If there was any reason to believe this blog wasn't a socialist front, it doesn't exist anymore. Let me take you to this fantasy world of yours where natural gas price controls exist. The natural gas companies first step would be to severely limit the amount of gas it sells to US consumers, because it would be able to sell it for its fair price on the open market internationally. There would be a gas shortage and heating systems would not be reliable. If you forced the natural gas companies to sell a certain amount of natural gas at a certain price to US consumers, it would be one of the worst things the US govn't has ever done. First of all, it would be unconsitutional to force a private company to sell you something that is private property. (Property rights, who needs them, right?) Second of all, it would drive most of the smaller natural gas producers out of business, taking away thousands of jobs. Finally, it would severely limit the resources the natural gas companies that survive this will have for exploration, further exascerbating the shortage problem. But why care about economics and free market principles when wee can create our own imaginary economy, where bad evil China, India and Russia (whose demand is driving up prices) don't exist. Unbelievable, we are supporting a guy now because he supported price controls. If there was any reason to believe this blog wasn’t a socialist front, it doesn’t exist anymore.

Let me take you to this fantasy world of yours where natural gas price controls exist. The natural gas companies first step would be to severely limit the amount of gas it sells to US consumers, because it would be able to sell it for its fair price on the open market internationally. There would be a gas shortage and heating systems would not be reliable.

If you forced the natural gas companies to sell a certain amount of natural gas at a certain price to US consumers, it would be one of the worst things the US govn’t has ever done. First of all, it would be unconsitutional to force a private company to sell you something that is private property. (Property rights, who needs them, right?) Second of all, it would drive most of the smaller natural gas producers out of business, taking away thousands of jobs. Finally, it would severely limit the resources the natural gas companies that survive this will have for exploration, further exascerbating the shortage problem.

But why care about economics and free market principles when wee can create our own imaginary economy, where bad evil China, India and Russia (whose demand is driving up prices) don’t exist.

]]> By: Carole Cohen http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15/comment-page-1#comment-720 Carole Cohen Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:02:38 +0000 http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15#comment-720 Yes we sure could; I think the art of fillibustering is dead too! Thanks, Moni Yes we sure could; I think the art of fillibustering is dead too! Thanks, Moni

]]> By: monika http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15/comment-page-1#comment-719 monika Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:47:19 +0000 http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/senator-howard-metzenbaum-best-obit-in-the-washington-post/2008/03/15#comment-719 May he rest in peace! Gas prices are totally crazy! We could use him now. <em>monika's last blog post..<a href='http://monikamcgillicuddy.com/wordpress/general-r/real-estates-paradigm-shift/' rel="nofollow">Real Estate's Paradigm Shift</a></em> May he rest in peace! Gas prices are totally crazy! We could use him now.

monika’s last blog post..Real Estate’s Paradigm Shift

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