Bob Brinker host of MoneyTalk blasts FairTax with bad info

So this caller was talking about energy and ethanol, and the energy equivalence of electricity to fuel, and the Fischer-Tropsch process host is saying that it doesn't matter... I didn't catch enough but needless to say he feels that 'sunbeams' and 'windmill tipping' can't make a difference. He feels that natural gas needs to be diverted from electricity to transportation, and nuclear power used to make up the electricity shortfall... (at least we agree on that part) But I say sunlight can bridge the gap faster & cheaper!

Then the caller says: "What do you think about the FairTax?' And naturally the host of a money show with a tax consultancy bashes it... Big surprise! What annoyed me was that he bashed the FairTax with bad data. In the immortal words of Jarjar Binks "How Rude."

It seems that even certain radio hosts that claim to be helping the public can be misinformed when it suites them to be. No big surprise, I've been listening to the man for quite a while, he tends to get impatient with callers...

What is it about Solar Energy that frightens folks?

I've frequently pondered what it is that makes people drift between fascination and fear when confronting solar technology. I think it goes back to being an 8-year old kid that 'borrowed' dad's magnifying glass on a summer day to burn some leaves.

Here in hand was a powerful and magical piece of glass that would make paper and twigs and bugs burst into flames. Powerful mojo when you're eight. Combine that memory with the fear of being caught by mom when she catches a whiff of smoke in the yard and then sends your friends home and greets you at the door with a wooden spoon.

Even though they are now adults, they remember themselves as kids in the yard toiling covertly, fascinated by the power of sunshine and fearful of being caught manipulating a power of the universe.