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Garnet SpyOne of my fellow writers here at the Political Inquirer asked the question,”
“Tell me, Reading; specifically what could the government do to fix the economy short-term? Spend more non-existent money?”
Mike, I don’t think you get it because it’s not about the money or short-term money fixes. It’s about “confidence” in government. It’s about “trust” in leadership. Yes, there are some monetary and fiscal policy changes that need to be accomplished, but it starts with “confidence” and “trust.
There will be a dramatic change in this country, at least at the outset, when Barack Obama is elected our 44th president of the United States. It will be a subtle quiet change. The world markets will react positively. It is like the movie, The Wizard of Oz, when the Wicked Witch (better known as the Bush Administration) melted.
After a brief honeymoon period, it will be completely up to the Obama Administration to build on the confidence and trust. And I believe they will. Reading on Walden Bookstore.
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I don’t think buzz words fix anything. Besides that, I can’t trust the government, no matter who is running it. It’s the biggest legalized mafia ring to have ever existed.
So you have ‘confidence and trust’ in someone who is so busy throwing nearly every position and a lot of supporters under the bus in the last few weeks alone? One that even the netroots are both disgusted with and not trusting at all already? And potential VP candidates are publicly pulling themselves out left and right? One who refuses to stand up in a series open town hall forums to debate his opponent?
And what planet are you from that such activities would possible engender trust and confidence?
However, I will give him many points on his speechifying; he can be really good at it in a prepared venue. The one he just gave at the NAACP was just great; of course, some of us conservatives have been talking personal and communal responsibility- as opposed to governmental- for a very long time. It’s not how one speaks, it’s how one acts that counts though.
Here is what they could have done for the short term.
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Nothing.
The market is in a correction and the massive infusion of money will only serve to devalue the dollar(making gas more expensive), cause greater inflation, and cause an even bigger correction in the future.
“There will be a dramatic change in this country, at least at the outset, when Barack Obama is elected our 44th president of the United States…”
Higher taxes. That’ll be a nice, dramatic change for this country all right; although I don’t think that’s what you’re implying from your post. If you think this country will do better under a tax-all-Democrat, please pass me some of what you’re smoking.
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On second thought, keep it for yourself. You’ll probably need it for psychlogical/medical reasons once McCain’s been elected as President.
To Dave: here is one thing (and it was suggested by Obama) eliminate the payroll tax on the first 50,000 of pay. That would cut the cost of production by something like 3 to 4 percent at each step of the production chain. If we assume a mminimal multi-step chain - resource acquisition, production, shipping, retailing - the cost of production (cost of goods sold for you who speak accounting) would be reduced by more than 10% almost instantly. You think that wouldn’t help?
To Aileen: a tax-all-Democrat would be a great improvement on a tax-the-middle-class-do-not-tax-the-very-wealthy republican. Don’t take my word for it, check the statements of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
It is very easy to check the reality that shows that McCain’s tax policies actually ignore the middle class rather than help.
Look for yourselves unless you prefer to keep parroting lies: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/06/12/GR2008061200193.html