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Supply and demand is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices.

Movie theaters should not have the right to block cell phone signals.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not be nationalized.

Facebook is not worth the $15 billion valuation implied by Microsoft's investment.

The U.S. should not pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. I like free trade, but distrust the IP clauses in the agreement.

Recessions are necessary for sustained economic growth.

Businesses have a social responsibility. Sustainable success requires positive effects on the community.

Food should not contain country-of-origin labeling. Not all food from a given country is the same. I'd rather have a label describing the process by which the food was made.

Obese travelers should pay more for airline tickets. If they need more than one seat, they should pay for more than one seat.

The U.S. should not enact a balanced budget amendment. We need deficit spending, we just need to be wiser about where to put our money.

The U.S. should not build more oil refineries. We could put that money towards sustainable energy instead.

The Internet has had a positive effect on the music industry. More new bands are being discovered now more than ever before.

Unions have a neutral impact on the economy.

There should be no federal minimum wage.

The U.S. should allow farmers to grow industrial hemp.

Congress should not increase the federal minimum wage.

Globalization ultimately will benefit America.

Outsourcing has no effect on the US economy.

Executive compensation packages should require shareholder approval.

Unions should be permitted to strike.

The U.S. should not provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource.

Victims of major natural disasters should be granted special relief in bankruptcy.

The U.S. economy will go into recession in 2008.

The Federal Reserve should not have more authority to supervise financial institutions.

The United States Mint should stop circulating the penny.

The U.S. should eliminate the cap on visas for skilled workers.

Capitalism is the most effective economic system.

Corporations should pay heavier taxes on windfall profits. Individuals pay more income tax in higher tax brackets, why not corporations?

Motorists should not be charged a fee to enter congested city centers.

The government should not offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology. The new technology is its own reward. The government needs to put more money back into basic research that doesn't have immediate application.

Yahoo! should have accepted Microsoft's bid. Especially back when it was $40/share.

The Federal Reserve is necessary in a free market. Unless we go back to the gold standard, we will need monetary policy.

The government should provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. But only if it was the homeowner's only house.

Governments should not subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters. The government should only do it if they did not take adequate steps to prevent damage from the disaster, but this opens a can of worms as to what is "adequate."

Yahoo! should fire CEO Jerry Yang. He's not acting in the company's best interests.

Japan makes the most reliable cars.

The Bush Administration stimulus package will not prevent a recession. $300 won't do a thing against your house foreclosing, your retirement savings going up in smoke, and gas inflating the costs of all goods.

UNKNOWN: Should Lehman Brothers have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Should organic farmers receive additional federal subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Is the U.S. undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression?