1) 3 million jobs have been lost since he took office 2) 2.5 million more people have become unable to afford healthcare under Bush. 3) Bush gutted overtime pay for millions of Americans, including TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, and NURSES... not that their jobs are important, and no worries about the fact that each of these jobs is in dire need of MORE workers to fill the actual needs of our nation 4) Bush chose tax giveaways for millionares over relief for states in need of funding help. Most states have been forced to cut services or raise taxes to pay for the administrations financial irresponsibilities. 5) Bush has refused to enroll over 350,000 middle income veterans in the VA health system, breaking a promise to those who have fought for this country. When did he make the cut? About 2 weeks into the military campaign in Iraq... Thatnks for risking your life for Bush guys, now get lost (That's leadership you can count on ). 6) Bush is refusing to fully fund 2 out of 3 firehouses that are still understaffed since 9/11. Not only that, but 77% of all FDs don't have the proper equipment or training to respond to chemical or bio weapons... That's homeland security!!! 6) Bush broke his promise to fund his own education program. He left millions of children behind by refusing to fund any part of his plan outside the initial testing. 7) Over the last 2 years Bush CUT spending for protection from violence in our schools by 45% and an additional 30% respectively. Bush went to war in Iraq without a plan to win peace. Even now in the face of massive American casualties he STILL refuses UN and International aid in sharing the burden of reconstruction of the infrastructure. 9) Today Bush and Cheney FINALLY admitted that there has been no evidence of any WMD found in Iraq. In fact, the Iraqi's ability to produce such weapons has depleted annually since 1991. 10) Bush's economic plan has created the LARGEST deficit in HISTORY (this immediately following Clinton's $110 billion surplus!!!). It has also provided the WORST economic growth in years.
Before I reply I want to say I do not want this to appear as me being a Bush Supporter, I think he is the Biggest Redneck Hillbilly to ever walk out of Texas, and has done thing to help anyone, Nor Will Kerry who is a Spoon Feed Momma's boy///// Now with that said Shouldnt that be 3 mill?? After all who can afford insurance is they have no jobs No but in all Fairness I would can not blame the Insurance problem on the Presidant, GREED is the cause of that BIG HUGE problem,. you understand that Insurace has gone up a whopping 25% in most area this year alone :blink: :blink: :blink: Most states need to TRIM SOME FAT anyway.... One of my Biggest Problems with the Government is the Mis/Over Spending of the Money they do get, Trust me if they actually Spent the money with care and consideration, like most of us whom are not Millionaries, they would have PLENTLY to go around, PLENTY 1.5 TRILLION was collected in PERSONAL INCOME taxes alone last year 1.5 TRILLION..................................................... That is more more more more than enough...... but they claim it is not the last few I agree with I use to Spot off about how we went to Iraq for the Oil, After doing more Reasearch I have Conclued I was wrong, The Real Reason was not Oil or WMD, or Terror, it was to Secure a Military Foothold in that Region, Thus why they dont allow the UN or anyone else in. They want the CONTROL.... think about the POWER we not control over the Middle East.. Sure we had a Base in Sudia Ariba, but it was Restricted, now we dont need permission... I will leave you with these Final Words Bush/Kerry 04 Either way we are all FUCKED
Like a bumper sticker I saw the other day said... ANYBODY BUT BUSH Have you been to Howard Stern's webite? Very interesting stuff on there... and I mean outside the pics , about Bush. He is pretty rough on the administration really.
I like the bumper stickers that have the "W" with the slash through it, saying "Bush... let's not elect him in 2004 either" :lol: Also, bear this in mind... We've dug ourselves into a hole. There's always a ladder leading out of the hole. This election might not afford us the option of jumping right out of the hole in a single bound (much less reach some state of utopia)... ...but we still have a choice: 1) Stay standing at the bottom of the pit 2) Step onto the first rung of the ladder And for anyone that doesn't understand my analogies here... perhaps you are with the crowd of people that were able to be tricked into thinking that invading Iraq was retaliation for Al Queda's attack on the WTC - those that don't actually think things through. I know there's a lot of those out there... election polls prove it.
I still think thaqt whom ever is elected (unless by some off chance neither Bush or Kerry is elected and the Libertarian's win which would be great) we will still be digging ourselves in a Deeper hole... the only Differance is the DIRECTION the hole is heading
I'll come across as uncaring and cruel, but: Fire departments, police departments...are city/county/state problems, not the federal governments problems. To blame the federal gov't on underfunded or underprepared city/county agenies is unfair. Look to local gov't, which uses local taxes to both fund and ammend/solve issues dealing with law enforcement and the fire dept. People can always make targets of big whigs like the president, but they rarely know what their local representatives vote on (many don't even know the name of their rep's) let alone know that they are the ones that make decisions regarding funding and support or fire and police.. Job loss? Gov't shouldn't "create" jobs, nor does it have direct power to cut them (unless it's job cuts in the gov't...which happens far too infrequently). Business' exist for the sole purpose of making money. OT, and whether it's "fair" is a decision that should be left solely to the business itself. The federal gov't has no right to tell business' what they should pay their employees. If the employees don't like it, they should find employment elsewhere. My feeling is that they won't get to make the rules there, either. If it was altogether unfair, employees would walk out en masse...forcing employers to negotiate with its employees (or go out of business). Employment in this country is not a "right", nor is a certain wage for working a certain number of hours. Health insurance is a problem in this country, but few want to look at some of the root causes. My mom is a case manager/RN at a relatively large hospital. If you knew how many people get absolutely free health care with no questions asked you'd shit yourself (I've seen the hospital's "books"). It's an especially burdensome issue down here in SoCal with all the illegal aliens. Unfortunately, the medicine, equipment, overhead, and employees the hospital uses don't come free. Who picks up the cost if not the uninsured/illegals...you and I (or the insured) do with heftier medical bills. Insurance providers have to pay not only for those they directly insure, but for those that aren't insured at all. The FDA and it's over-regulatory monopoly on what drugs are suitable and which ones are not adds to the price of developing drugs (and the exorbitant R&D costs the public just expects them to write off or disregard), dispensing drugs, and creating drugs. Pointing the finger at Bush, or any chief executive, is silly. The federal gov't shouldn't worry about schools/education. Again, that's a state/county/city problem. Why does everyone want the federal government to solve all their problems? They do very few things well. Of all things, why the hell would you want them to be in charge of education? While Bush/Cheney have admitted that there weren't any WMD in Iraq, everyone in the world thought there were. Hussein's TOP GENERALS thought they had WMD. If the people in Hussein's tiny, tiny, inner circle thought he had them, why is it so unreasonable for the rest of the world to think the same? It's easy to look back (hindsight...) and say "I told you so" when you weren't there facing who knows what as this administration did. I don't have a problem at all with Bush/Cheney taking the hard line and thinking the worst of a madman. The deficit/debt is a horribly overrated "problem". Generally, it shows most people's lack of knowledge regarding economics. While I'd like to see a reduction in both, it's not out of fear that we are going bankrupt.
I agree for the most part. however Most states Figure in a Certin amount of Federal Money in their Budgets, with out it they are forced to raise already high taxes, and What is go name are the feds doing with the 1.5 TRILLION anyway??????? I agree that the Government should not control jobs, but they should also NOT be sign FTA's that allow for Jobs to be Exported with NO COST more or less also, we are truly on a "race to the bottom" as far as Employment goes Look at it this way, my Grandpa has Company Paid Health, Pension, No cap on Vacation, All Kinds of Holiday's, Sick Time, etc etc etc Now day your LUCKY to have any Health (company pay hardly anything any more just over a group plan), 1-2 weeks of Vactioan, and 4 Paid Holidays that is IT, no Pension's. no Sick Time, really no Benifits, and the Wages are actually DROPPING, not increaing You companies have the sole Purpose to make money, but my Question is, if no one has any money to spend because we are all "just getting buy" how can they make money at some point it will happen is things keep on the same track, not in the near future, but it will happen... the Average Famliy has to Work 60 Hrs a Week just to Pay the Bills, that leave about 20 hrs on average to "play with" budget wise, and that number (play with amount) decreases every year Yes we have all Heard the "ohh poor us we have to pay for the uninsured" it would be a Good Excuse if I did not see the "books" myself, and Realize how much PROFIT, (were talking BILLIONS upon BILLIONS) the both the Hospitals, and the Insurance Companies are making....... Profit is one thing, GOUGING is another Although I do argee, anyone the comes in that is Illegal should be Treat only if it is life Threating, and then sent RIGHT BACK TO MEXICO.... RIGHT BACK./....... Personal I think we need to Build a 1,000 Foot Concrete wall on the Border, and Shoot anyone that tries to Climb it Who do you think wants to keep the Regs the way thay are, THE DRUG COMPAINES... there was a Bill that would have reduced the Requirments so the prices would be Dropped, but the DRUG COMPAINES lobbied against it, they WANT THEIR PROFIT"S they dont care about the People, they care about MONEY it really sickens me, I am all for making sure they make money, but Gougeing the Pubic is a Vastly Differant thing they Fair Compensation it becomes a FEDERAL PROBLEM with the FEDERAL government pass LAWS that make state do things, if the FEDS want to Tell them what to do, they better Damn Sure Pay for it, I dont want my Income/Property Taxes raised because of some damn Federal program they made but will not fund Iraq was/is a Mistake, to think other wise well is just being a SHEEP./.. even IF he had "wmd" (which is such a Annoying Acronym) he was in no position to attack us.. maybe israel, which I could care less about, they have cuased us more problems then they are worth anyway I agree for the Most part,
hell, that's one thing here i couldn't agree with more <_< in general our federal government is far bigger than was ever intended or is constitutional... if our founding fathers (that's such a gay term ) were around they'd probably be calling for a revolution to get things back the way they were ment to be... Most of our federal taxes are unconstitutional, and the federal government should be the tiniest fraction of what it is... The states should have the power, we should be paying the larger portion of our taxes to the states, those who are supposed to be making the laws that affect us directly... and lastly we need to stop electing dumbass politicians... politicians don't know anymore about the way things should be done than musicians (who's whole anti-bush tour pisses me off to no end not because i disagree with them but because they're FRICKING MUSICIANS!!!! who have no damn need to be touting political views...) the only reason we vote for politicians is because it's what we're used to doing!! we need to elect people with real lives, people who actually understand the constitution and what it means, and can get this God forsaken country of ours back on track. Hell, once i've got my doctorate in psychology, if i've written some books and made it into the public eye somewhat i'll frickin run for president, even if i don't win i'll make it a point to show people just how far off our political system has gotten and hopefully get the citizens of this country to start lobying for changes...
Profits? My mom's hospital (private hospital, btw) lost $~15 million last year. About $30 million the year before. We have ER's shutting their doors down here left and right. We have whole hospitals going out of business down here. The liberal intelligentsia have done a good job in convincing people that the hospitals are making a ton of money...when in fact most lose money or barely break even. Iraq...as I previously mentioned. "I told you so's" after the fact are nothing more than a convenient way out of dealing with what was known then not now. Hindsight makes everyone a genius. As I've asked others numerous times, don't tell me why I shouldn't vote for Bush. Tell me why I should vote for Kerry. Nobody can come up with anything even mildly persuasive. Look at Kerry's Senate voting record (and attendance, for that matter) and tell me what leads you to believe that all of a sudden he is a changed man.
I will not be voting for either kerry or bush... as far as them "losing" money, well frankly I dont believe it for a second sorry
Believe it Mike. My mother is a big wig at a local hospital chain (I know that isn't what you call them, but they own 4 hospitals and several outpatient offices) and she always speaks of their financial shortfalls. But these financial shortfalls would not be if the government stepped in and helped with medical insurance, or policed the industry in some way. The US is the only civilized nation in the world suffering from these issues. Drug companies run prices through the roof on drugs the government deems as "safe", costing us more for the medical coverage to cover the cost of medicines. We are the ONLY nation that does not limit the prices the drug companies can charge for medication... the ONLY nation who does not cap any aspect of the industry. This is why there are issues like Luv mentions arise... These are federal government issues. Also, reduced funding for the federal NSA agents covering the border towns under Bush has helped lead to an increase in illegal immigration. However, we do have to thank Bush for naturalizing over half a million immigrants who illegally entered the US... at least he'll get those half a million votes, and you know what? I'll bet none of them have health insurance either. In 1991 and 1992 UN and US funded weapons inspectors relayed that Saddam HAD DESTROYED all WMD and means of producing WMD. It was further reported that there was no way Iraq could reinstate a program for WMD creation with their resources. The weapons inspectors cost considerably less than a military mobilization in both financial aspects and in lives of our young men and women in the military... It also abided by the UN's demands, and the desires of the entire free world. So, we had the info, how can you sit there and say they didn't know? Don't you feel it would be better to be sure of what we were going in there for? Don't you think that the hindsight is indicative of the fact that the UN was again right... Do you think we needed to have a magic crystal to tell us this massive civil unrest and increases in the individual membership of these islamic radicals were sure to follow the American invasion? The very invasion these nutjobs have been talking about for decades, that has now come to pass... Did you need a crystal to tell you the cost in lives and money was going to be MASSIVE? Hindsight my ass... try a bit of forsight, it limits hindsight's importance. Oh come on now... these agencies were helping all over the nation, in the fallout of a national disaster... FOllowing orders by the federal government durring times of high risk deemed by our office of "Homeland Security", a federal office, not a state office. The federal government is responsible for homeland security, and they are supposed to provide the federal dollars that the additional burdens of chemical and biological warfare concerns raise... these are federal orders, passed down to state and local agencies... so it is the federal governments burden. The government does not create jobs, but the government does allow so many other things to happen that allow buisnesses to be shipped overseas. I am not a liberal, by any means, and I will point a finger where it needs to be pointed. Slick Willy opened the doors by signing NAFTA, and it was a detriment to the economy. However, Bush allowed buisnesses to go over to China, India, and other third world areas and farm out work WITHOUT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE... No taxes, no penalties, nothing... just send those jobs overseas and we will cut you bigger tax breaks. Sounds great, so where is this trickle down economics getting us? Nowhere, but damn if India isn't feeling the effects. You simply cannot open up the entire world to these companies to farm work out to without penalties... even NAFTA doesn't offer that possibility. As far as education, again Bush broke a promise, forced federal guidelines down to local levels and left the locals footing the bill. All these who cares about the local government leads me to believe that you pay little in local taxes... I would guess you rent or live with ma and dad... If you were the one forced to pay property taxes rising at the massive rates they have been over the last 4 years, you wouldn't be so blind as to what this administration has force on us at the local level, what they promised to us at the local level, and how badly we are suffering due to these forced regulations and broken promises. You say most don't know who their representative is... maybe not, but I do. I'll challenge you further by saying I'll bet the farm you have never been to a town, local, or schoolboard meeting in your neighborhood, unless it was forced upon you for a government class in high school. I say that with confidence as your comments indicate you have NO understanding of what the local govenments are dealing with, and why they are struggleing so. Don't be so hypocritical. And yes, I go to them all the time. How is it horribly overrated? I think that shows a tremendous lack of your understanding of economics to conclude that a knowledgeable individuals concern is bankrupcy... That is foolish. What it does do is force a tighter budget and reduced spending, followed by a rise in taxes. Reduced spending usually hits home with the middle class. Lower class individuals will see their welfare and food stamp allowances rise to correct for the rise in prices, but the middle class will see no such benefits. Our schools, police, highway funds, firefighters, and EMTs will lose "garenteed" federal funding, our border patrolls will become reduced, federal employees will be laid off at the lowest levels, military cuts and VA benefit reductions will arise, companies will lose federal contracts and thus all their buisness (because by taking a contract like that, you usually alienate your off the street or smaller customer, trust me... I know how it works). Next, within a few years taxes will rise to help shorten the gap, and invariably the next schuck in office has to hear about it because he is the guy implimenting these tax hikes. Budget surplusses are a good thing. Regan got us in such a situation, and Clinton did it as well. At the start of the serbian war we had a surpluss of, and this is no shit, over $110 billion dollars. After the event we still had surplusses equaling almost 90 billion. When Bush went into office we STILL had a huge surpluss... all is gone now, just like the hopes of social security have faded under Bush. So continue to walk blindly behind a blind man in Bush... but don't try to blind the masses with his bullshit rhetoric.
Hi all, a few thoughts from "the other side"... - Outsourcing. It's not a problem. Yes, it is painful for some people, but it's been going on since the mid 80s (I was actually working with Singaporeans at that time to outsource US production jobs), and really took off in the 90s. Guess what corresponded with that? The economic boom of the 90s... Outsourcing allows US companies to run even leaner, meaning move quicker and capture more of the US and international markets. I myself outsource, because it allows me to focus on the parts I do best. I haven't "cut" jobs, I've actually hired MORE people here in the US and caused many hirings abroad. The reason the US loses jobs to overseas suppliers is because it simply becomes an economic reality to do so. In many cases, using 100% US manufactured products results in a product that is simply way too expensive for 99% of the market. How many of you daily buy from the local baker and butcher, not the supermarket? How many of you purchased speakers actually made in the US (not just from a US based company)? How many actually own cars built in the US? How many of you shop at WalMart? The problem facing many US suppliers today is pricing, and the consumer's ever-growing demand for lower costs. Either lower your prices (which means lower your costs), or perish. So you off-shore/outsource what you can afford to, and make due. Companies that successfully outsource typically grow at a good clip; those that don't, die. It's nothing new, it's been going on for decades, and will continue. Sure, there are fewer steel and textile jobs in the US now days, but there's a LOT more IT, healthcare, design, and other jobs than there were. Job markets grow up and change, and people must be willing to adapt. If not, well, so be it... Someone has to flip the burgers at McDonald's. - Healthcare. IMHO, the number 1 problem with healthcare is the legal system. I have a few good acquaintances who are doctors, and all pay more than $15,000 per MONTH for liability insurance (yet none have ever been sued). If they see 16 people a day (30 minutes per client, 8 hours a day), that is 352 patients a month (based on an average of 22 working days per month). So liability insurance accounts for $43 per visit alone. JUST FOR INSURANCE. We're not even talking other overhead expenses such as nurses, disposable items, rent, heat, computers, furniture, etc. And all live in fear of being sued, because their rates could double if a suit ever reaches trial, regardless of the verdict. In the state of Washington, the average OB/GYN has been sued 2.4 times, and the average OB/GYN pays over $27,000 per month in liability insurance. As a result, you get people going to a doctor with a sprained wrist, and rather than simply diagnosing it ("it hurts when I flex it, but I can still flex it" - "it's a sprain, wrap it, ice it, be careful for a week, goodbye"), they run a full gamut of tests. X-rays, MRIs, mobility tests. All to avoid any potential lawsuits. A single MRI can cost $3,000, or a typical 8 months of premiums... Reform the legal system in the US with regards to healthcare and you'll see rate increases dry up. And for the record, we pay health and dental insurance for all our full time employees, and yes it's expensive as all get out (I pay more each month for health insurance than I do for facilities - rent, power, heat, cleaning, trash, phones). - Fire/police/schools. Local issues. The Federal government should never be involved in it. - Jobs. I hear this stated over and over again - we lost jobs. Here's something REALLY easy to do: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls Check the box next to "Civilian Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) - LNS12000000", then the grey "Retrieve data" button. What do you see? February 2001 (the first full month under President Bush) had 137,581,000 employed. September 2004 shows 139,480,000 employed. Now, unless I can't subtract (maybe I need the "new math"...) that is a GAIN of 1,899,00 employed. Or nearly 1.9 MILLION JOBS CREATED. Again I ask, where's the basis for the number of jobs lost? Have some jobs been lost? Sure! Heck, I was contracting with a high tech SW company in Seattle during 2001, and literally 2 days after the 9/11 attack the company closed (all VC funding was pulled), and so I lost my little 15 hour per week contract job. And 30 full-time people were laid off. But it looks to me - per the US Department of of Labor's own hard data, we've had 1.9 MILLION jobs created. Perhaps the claim of millions of jobs lost is politically motivated? - Budget surpluses. President Reagan never had budget surpluses. He always presented balanced budgets, yet they were DOA (as the previous speaker of the house, Tom Foley from the state of Washington, publicly stated). President Clinton did have 2 years of surpluses (and projections of surpluses, yet all of the economic foundations for those surpluses were completely pie-in-the-sky). Of course, the entire surplus - as well as additional spending - came from reductions in military spending. He reaped the peace dividend earned by President Reagan and the first President Bush. And IMHO spent it poorly. I do not support President Bush's additional spending on non-military items. I believe the Federal government should be scaled down to the orignal uses of national defense, interstate/international trade regulation, and enforcement of the Bill of Rights. The additional benefits/departments proposed - and created - by all Presidents since the 1870s are, IMHO, not only unecessary, but are in fact against the concepts on which this nation were created. Yes, I am a strict constitutionalist... - Taxation. I firmly believe that raising taxes on ANY segment of society is NOT the solution. Rather, the way to spur growth is to lower taxes. Keeping money in the private sector will stimulate overall economic growth much more effectively than federal control. Witness the growth in tax revenue under Presidents Kennedy and Reagan. The taxation reduction that President Bush has steadfastly pursued is the proper way to grow the economy. Increasing taxes on any segment of the population is a sure-fire proven way to slow the economy. And as is counter to what is often claimed, Mr. Kerry does propose to increase taxes on that $80K and up level. I know he claims only to increase taxes on those making more than $200,000 per year, but at http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/release...2004_0407b.html - Mr. Kerry's own website - he specifically claims to "Restore the top two tax rates to their levels under President Clinton.". The top rate is currently 35% for taxable income above $155,975 if you're Married and Filing Separately; the second highest rate is currently 33% for taxable income above $87,350 if you're Married and Filing Separately. During President Clinton's 2000 tax rates, the top rate was 39.6% for taxable income above $288,350 if you're Single, Married Filing Joint or Head of Household, and the second highest rate was 36% on taxable income above $80,725 if you're Married and Filing Separately. So it's not just the "super rich" that will pay increased taxes; in fact, it will hit a LOT more than what Mr. Kerry claims. Not just those earning $200,000 or more... Aside: I wonder how many know that Mr. Kerry owns an offshore company, and that Mr. Kerry and his wife Tereza used multiple tax loopholes to pay less than 13% tax on their $5.5 million dollar income. - Iraq. What better way to simply shut this down by posting the following quotes: For those truly opposed to the Iraq war, and who are using that as a reason to vote against President Bush, then I would ask you to truly vote according to your beliefs and vote for either Mr. Badnarick or Mr. Nader, both of whom have consistently opposed any action in Iraq. Dan Wiggins Adire Audio
it already is, ive seen it... and to blame Bush for the economics of the country right now is pretty shitty if youve ever really studied government and its effect on economics youd know they have little impact on each other... also, i would bet you ANYTHING if he hadnt gone to war, people wouldve been bitching "someone bombed us and hes not doing anything about it" he said peace wasnt going to be done in a day...he said after we had control of Iraq that the fight would not be over why are people bitching about it now? i think hes done a great job... i mean hes only had like...the biggest act by terrorists happen on his term, ever... so yeah...lets bitch about him for doing such a shitty job...im sure everyone else could have handled it much better and do you really think he just goes and makes a decision about going to war? do you think that the president is actually the one that does all the intelligence work about who's made what and where theyre hiding it? ummm...no hes going on word of mouth of other ppl, dont blame him--blame intelligence -Cody
I agree with almost everything Dan said (I know that was a shocker I hope Mr. Badnarick win is suit against the debate commite and people hear the libertarian medssage for what it really is I listen to a Local Radio program this morning where Mr. Badnarick was a guestg and right after they hung up with him the went off and some "comdey" about all the hippy libertarians... Competly undermining his message I know there is no chance he will win, but if he did we would be far far far better off ohh and on the legal system I think the first clue that we needed a legal system reform is win a person can sue and WIN for spilling coffe on themselves AFTER removing the lid in a CAR all because it dd not say "hot" on the cup... as far as SHipping away jobs, that is true, but you can ship away toooooo many jobs.. you mentioned more IT jobs, that is infact Decreasing every day as more and more IT jobs are shipped overseas, infact next to manufacturing IT is the fastest shrinking workforce.. that is why I am staying the RETAIL, kinda hard to ship my job overseas and I also what to give Dan props incase any of you missed it it is great that he does that, it is a ever increaing trend that company's are not paying ANYTHING on the health just offering a "group" plan, with some not offering insurance at all a company paying 100% of the premium is very very very rare now days, I am lucky to be with one (not adire ) who also pays for health, and it is damn good converage 90/10 with 200 deduct and $10 scripts Although I never go to the doctors, NEVER have not been since I was 17 (now 24) probally never will go until I am old Hell I stabbed a screw driver right through my hand and just put a bandaid on it
Seth, I know more than many regarding economics...with a degree to back it up. Chicken little's running around on the news saying we're going to go bankrupt is goofy. A former fed chief thinks some major catastrophe is going to occur in the next 5 years that will take this country to its knees. I remeber many books in the early and mid 90's claiming the same thing (and one was a huge bestseller). The federal gov't needs to worry about it's job as Dan alluded to, and not worry about funding state and city problems or catering to people far too dependent on everyone but themselves. I'm a huge fan of spending cuts across the board (for the most part), tax cuts across the board, and less dependence on gov't in general. Dan also mentioned the legal problems within the medical field...and they, too, are very serious. Bush has been a huge proponent of malpractice reform and other legal reform (frivolous lawsuits, outrageous settlements, etc...) since taking office as governor of TX. Hmm, I wonder what type of law Edwards practiced...a very basic search will uncover the answer. With that in mind, Kerry's vow to fix/reform healthcare seems a bit disingenuous.
Here's all I think anyone needs to know: Despite Threats, Iranian Expatriots Allege Kerry Campaign Welcomed Terrorist Money & Influence; Press Conference Oct. 14 in Washington That - right there - should be enough of a reason to not vote for Mr. Kerry. Dan Wiggins Adire Audio
