“The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons, ornaments, novelties, and drugs. The one great difference is that by now the revolution has deprived the mass of consumers of any independent access to the staples of life: clothing, shelter, food, even water. Air access remains the only necessity that the average user can still get for himself, and the revolution has imposed a heavy tax on that by way of pollution. Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat.” WayKindStillsWaterDifferencesTechnologyEconomyAirMilitaryRevolutionDrugTaxesWeaponsMassIndependentRemainsTradeFinalsDefeatAverageHeavyAccessConsumersClothingsUsersPollutionShelterConsumerismConquestItemsDeprivedNoveltyFurThoroughOrnamentsOverconsumptionStaples Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology.” ShouldBelieveTechnologyCarTaxesCreatingStandardsCommitmentDemocratInvestingCreditCellsFuelVehicleEfficiencyHybridHydrogenEthanolBiofuelsFuel EfficiencyFuel CellsHydrogen Fuel Author:Rosa DeLauro
“When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.” WantNeedsRealityChoicesTechnologyJourneyReturnTaxesSizeScreensHomeworkComputingTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“I have advocated an entirely different approach than cap and tax, which would be worldwide in application and which emphasizes technology as a way of reducing total emissions.” WayDifferentWould BeTechnologyTaxesApproachApplicationReducingCapsEmissionsDifferent Approach Author:Jim Sensenbrenner
“Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.” GovernmentEyeTechnologyModernTaxesModern Technology Author:James Cook
“Some people do rely too much on technology. Look, technology is wonderful and I love it. When I was in the UK and I had hit records I would also have a high tax bill at the end of the year, and that would be the time to buy up all the technology - it was write offs.” PeopleWritingYearsLooksEndsWould BeTechnologyRecordsToo MuchWonderfulTaxesBillsRelyHigh Taxes Author:Tony Visconti
“f the government is going to put money into the automobile sector, it should break up GM and Chrysler as a condition of financial aid, and it should be even-handed in its treatment of start-up firms like Tesla, Miles, Fisker, and others. It would be terrible to kill the entrepreneurs who have taken great risks to bring new automotive technologies to market by pumping tax dollars into the behemoths that have done everything wrong for the last years.” ShouldYearsDoneGovernmentWould BeLastsBreakTechnologyTakenRiskConditionsTerribleTaxesDollarsEntrepreneurFinancialAidsMilesFirmTreatmentLast YearAutomobileGreat RiskTeslaTax DollarsChryslerBehemothFinancial Aid Author:Denis Hayes