a metric ton may create $154 Billion in tax by 2021 but taxes collected from business and individuals will decrease by at least the same due to the impact on wider economic activity. This approach to reducing the deficit is destined to failure and will likely make the US deficit even worse as total taxes collected fall. At least in Australia we compensate the less well off for the Carbon tax but to reduce the US government deficit there can be no compensation and even poor American families will experience big hikes in their energy bills. What will that do to consumer confidence? The exchanges between MBC and Wes George at #2 hit the nail on the head. ...The group, which calls itself "Forever Enduring Always Ready" (FEAR), consists of current and inactive soldiers from the US Army post in Fort Stewart, Georgia.... According to the prosecution, FEAR spent $87,000 on stockpiling weapons, explosives, and ammunition, and was planning a variety of terrorist acts on American soil: taking over Fort Stewart; bombing the Forsyth Park fountain in Savannah, Georgia; bombing a dam in Washington state and poisoning its apple crop; and ultimately, killing the president and overthrowing the American government.... America has several bunches of idiotic Hotheads. It occurs whenever there are more than a few thousand people gathered and it is a worldwide phenomena. We don't need it or want it, but just like tornadoes and blizzards, it's part of nature and we are stuck with it. Whether it