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Marokai Backbeat
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« on: May 06, 2010, 02:18:16 AM »
I'm undecided. Help me make up my mind. Tongue
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 02:27:34 AM »
« Edited: May 06, 2010, 02:30:41 AM by TOSOS™ »
Total nationalization would be a bad idea IMO but partial state ownership of resources probably would be good, especially if we used the money to finance R&D or infrastructure.
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 02:28:14 AM »
Quote from: live free or die on May 06, 2010, 02:25:40 AM
So undecided that you voted yes. Amazing.

I lean yes, but I don't know. Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 02:51:15 AM »
I'll pretend this is about BP. And my answer is yes.
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 03:39:46 AM »
Don't know, depends how they are managed.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 09:20:33 AM »
how would this effect globalization?
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 09:59:03 AM »
Quote from: HoffmanJohn on May 06, 2010, 09:20:33 AM
how would this effect globalization?

I doubt it would.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 10:27:26 AM »
It would certainly not be my first recourse, but I could support it.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 01:36:47 PM »
Absolutely not.
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 01:38:34 PM »

Could you explain why you oppose it?

I don't have an opinion either way yet.
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 01:39:10 PM »
No.
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 03:17:32 PM »
Not completely, but to some degree.
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 05:51:52 PM »
No.

Interesting to note that every Democrat favors it, while every Republican and Independent opposes it.
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2010, 05:56:25 PM »
Hell f***ing no.
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 09:12:21 PM »
Holy Hell Democrats!?
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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2010, 10:14:37 PM »

Ya we're good people.
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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2010, 10:28:30 PM »
« Edited: May 06, 2010, 10:30:42 PM by Frodo »
Leaning no, but I am open to persuasion. Smiley

Quote from: TOSOS™ on May 06, 2010, 02:27:34 AM
Total nationalization would be a bad idea IMO but partial state ownership of resources probably would be good, especially if we used the money to finance R&D or infrastructure.

Interesting -can you elaborate?  
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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2010, 02:34:12 AM »
« Edited: May 07, 2010, 03:30:39 AM by TOSOS™ »
Well I wouldn't mind if the government established state oil companies or charged some sort of additional tax on extraction. On the other hand as I've said before one of my big issues is really breaking up/liquidating all the TNCs and 'too big to fails' that have a stranglehold on our economy right now. I'm afraid that nationalization would permanently prop up these companies and result in massive conflict of interest. Look how many advances the oil and car industries have blocked already (e.g. electric cars, scaling back highways, etc.) and just imagine what it would be like if the government directly owned/co-owned them from the start....
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« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2010, 08:37:25 AM »
Quote from: Frodo on May 06, 2010, 10:28:30 PM
Leaning no, but I am open to persuasion. Smiley

Quote from: TOSOS™ on May 06, 2010, 02:27:34 AM
Total nationalization would be a bad idea IMO but partial state ownership of resources probably would be good, especially if we used the money to finance R&D or infrastructure.

Interesting -can you elaborate?  

The obvious method is charging royalties for extraction, which is already done.

And I have to echo other posters' surprise at the near unanimity of Dems on this forum in favor of nationalization.  I really shouldn't have been surprised; "moderates" and "liberals" on this forum tend to be immoderate and illiberal.
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« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2010, 10:24:24 AM »
No it would just bankrupt oil like social security, medicare, public schools, and the post office.
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« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2010, 01:26:14 PM »
What could possibly be a reasoned argument for nationalizing them?  And where will the government get the money to buy them?
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« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2010, 03:44:43 PM »
Quote from: Torie on May 07, 2010, 01:26:14 PM
What could possibly be a reasoned argument for nationalizing them?  And where will the government get the money to buy them?

tax.
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« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2010, 03:53:37 PM »
What this poll means is that if a Republican President tried to nationalize, in, say, 2013, she could face very little principled opposition.
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« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2010, 07:50:55 PM »
No (D).  I do not favor nationalizing the oil, because while they are power and bottom-line hungry machines, the government isn't that much better.  The government already has our health care and I'm not exactly sure if they'll handle that properly, and I don't want to go any further down the socialist path.  I believe in a free market and thus the oil companies, while their actions are despicable at times, are free to participate in this market as they wish.  We should just have stricter regulations on them so they don't monopolize and manipulate the industry in a way that would hurt the average consumer at 7-11.
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« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2010, 09:29:14 PM »
Quote from: Beet on May 07, 2010, 03:53:37 PM
What this poll means is that if a Republican President tried to nationalize, in, say, 2013, she could face very little principled opposition.

Beet I am having a senior moment and just can't comprehend your post. Would you care to try to help me out and elaborate?
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