Merry Christmas

Here are academic centers devoted to pure research, but may be better suited to commercial applications. Posing the proper Questions may clarify the economic possibilities which could open up environmental issues to Profits exploitation. We need better understanding of the transmission process of Pesticides and Petrochemical residues to Food products. Vast expansion of agricultural lands could be entertained if this transmission process could be genetically stopped. Think of planting the sides of Road ditches to potatoes, where the harvesting process could not only make the United States a World exporter of potatoes, but also reconstruct the form of the ditches; the very form providing the additional levels of water necessary for successful growth of potatoes. This one initiative could alter the World Hunger situation, and even potentially turn Petrochemical exhaust into a form of Fertilizer by genetic engineering. Much Research is limited by the lack of imagination of the Participants in that Research. The new effort described in the article might alter the World, if Exploration is allowed free rein and debate.

Here is an article where People take their religion too seriously. Alms for the Poor necessitate that One is not Poor himself. The other side of the Question states Politicians from a High Income bracket do set the Tax rates for both Rich and Poor, and by the way, spends the Tax revenues derived; think of a millionaire possessing about $3-4 million in Assets, who can suddenly spend some billions of Dollars, by the simple process of gaining Consensus from a small group of Peers. One might wonder at the sincerity of claimed desire to curb Spending, or willingness to cut Taxes, especially on Those of lesser Income. I can empathize with Those looking to the Bible for Relief, but One must be realistic; the last major Conflict between religion and the Wealthy was when Jesus drove the Money-Changers out of the Temple. Since that time, both Sides had decided to make an accommodation with each other. These Rabble-Rousers are trying to upset the longest Accord in history.

Dean Baker provides Us with his traditional "Bah, Humbug" for the Christmas season, and like always, it is perfectly true. Crony Capitalism is destroying the Market system, and if allowed to continue and expand, will eventually result in the Resource Misallocation associated with the Soviet system of Communism; this also true, but don’t ask me to defend that assertion as I prepare to eat Christmas dinner, ruining my appetite. I will do my gig as well, and wish All a Merry Christmas–a somewhat hypocritical position, as I believe Coroners suffer from serious underemployment. Merry Christmas, anyway. lgl