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Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize

Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:

I heat with wood in the winter months.

What excites you about this campaign?

Seeing somebody who cares about the U.S.A. and wants to change things.

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I dont know what i can do to help.

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At 2:51pm on January 1, 2009, JoAnn Musser said…: Hi Roger, No you don't know me. I'm in southgate, a suburb outside of Detroit. I sent you a message because I saw you on Daar Fisher's page. He also sent me the pitch about the fair tax. It angers me that these people try to take advantage of the fact that most people don't know much about what this kind of tax would REALLY do. Think about it. If we're all paying EXACTLY the same tax, with no regard to our income, who benefits the most?? The people with the most income of course. It would mean that a person making $300,000.00 a year, would pay EXACTLY the same tax as you! Of course, a sales tax is more insidious; i.e. its easier for the government to raise taxes without the people knowing it, as opposed to an income tax which shows up on the W2's and 1040's every year. Not only that, real estate values could plummet more, cause the tax advantages to home ownership would vanish. The homestead property tax refund people now recieve which is based on their income would be gone, yet they would still be paying out the equivelent of poperty tax built in to the sales tax. In other words, you would still be paying out, but no longer getting anything back, based on your income. The wealthy are fine with this. They weren't getting anything back anyway! With this proposed new tax, wealthy people would pay much less tax, as their taxes are brought down, while everyone else's taxes are brought up, to meet in the middle! The dirt poor, would not be affected, but everyone else would be. The middle class would pay the most. The wealthy would pay the least. Take a good look at the people pushing this. I'd bet you won't find anyone making less than six figures and mostly republican.

At 9:42pm on December 26, 2008, Daar Fisher said…: Hi Roger , I'm the state Internal Communication Director for the Michigan FairTax Assn which works "hand in glove" with goals of the Pickens Plan because by REPLACING the Michigan income tax, families and businesses will have additional disposable monthly income to make energy improvements to their homes and businesses.

How will passage of a MI FairTax do this? It will REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). This means that no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending. The MI FairTax rate is 0% on all monthly spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. The average effective rate will be around 5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure). Please join our email list to learn how you can help advance the Michigan FairTax and facilitate Pickens Plan goals!

At 11:03am on December 25, 2008, Home Wind Turbine said…: Merry Christmas roger,
This year I have helped so many members learn about personal home energy plans. It's all about power use, conservation, and home power generation, things I have been doing at my residence to lower my energy costs. Send me a friend request a to add me roger, I'd be honored to have you as a friend here.

BTW, Michigan: I just posted an article on my page about Home Wind Systems in Michigan. Your state's representatives, governor, and public utility commission officials are not in your corner with this "soft policy" on Net Metering. Instead they have the tables turned against green power for businesses and homeowners. You should read that article, important.

At 4:49am on October 28, 2008, Home Wind Turbine said…: .
Greetings roger,
Your Wind blows stronger in the winter, Your Sun shines stronger in the summer months. Our new hybrid wind/solar systems combine these cycles to give a more even flow of energy year round. This homeowner sized wind/solar system we make provide free-clean power for your home. Many customers have found it easy to become customer/dealers of our kits. Once You see how people are easy to get interested, you can become a dealer with no further investment.

I have used the same systems save money on my electricity costs and roger, you can too. In Michigan, Your local wind resources could be really good. Please see these windmaps at the link below and pinpoint what number your area is in. Zone 2 is OK, anything over 2 is (very) good. First double check your wind resources from the map and links below.

Your jackson, michigan Wind Resource Maps home wind turbine

Our cost effective, new residential wind turbine kits are shipping NOW. The kits are attractive, sleek, well designed, they install as a home appliance on the roof, much like an antennae or satellite dish. They are as easy to install as other home appliances. You can now begin a personal energy plan. These systems are inexpensive, easy to install, scaleable.

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At 11:12am on July 17, 2008, Mike McCarthy said…: Join us at Carbon Neutral as we move forward with our plans to Flip a City.

Vacant Buildings - Holyoke

Download the pdf (4 MB) and get a sense of where we have to start.

Then watch us grow and implement a plan to install grid tied solar pv systems on all rooftops, and most importantly, bring an entire City back to life as Carbon Free as possible.