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The insanity must stop
I am so old I actually survived without much damage (perhaps no damage at all) the Great Depression of the thirties. So, I am not that impressed by the current difficulties. Of course, the economy can be better but that is true even during the best of times. Where is the ceiling and where is the floor? Nobody can say. The reason they got control was the uncontrollable democrats had majorities and were giving us 1.5 trillion dollars deficits. Let also not forget that they have not passed a budget since Obama has been in office and his budgets get voted down without one ONE democrat voting for it. So when the citizens of this country turn over the house by a record number of seats it speaks directly to what the majority of the citizens want and that is not a demo controlled govt that will use their power without regard to any harm that it produces. So the house turned away from the democrats by we the people and the republican house is just doing some of what the people want basically stop the obama agenda cold until we can get a new president of all americans. As far as the economy goes....what about all those green jobs? oh they dont really exist without massive govt subsidies. The fact is this president and the democrats in general do not care about anything other then power to rule over every aspect of your life. The democratic party of today is nothing but a socialist workers party seeking to alienate everyone from each other by putting you in your special box...AKA divide and conquer. Do administrations play a significant role in these matters? I do not think so. I was just a baby when FDR was in charge but I think it is generally believed that WWII assured the end of Great Depression, not FDR's efforts. Of course, he was the Cheerleader in Chief and I think people here (and aournd the world) really admired him for that. Obama is definitely not on his level but he tries. Do people like him enough to re-elect him? Perhaps but we cannot be sure. To me one thing is clear: Romney will surely make things worse. Obama may not make them better but we will be better off with him, at least psychologically and on some non-economical issues. Romney, as a true Mormon, has to live in an early 19th century - the world has not changed much for him since Angel Moroni revealed himself to Mr. Smith in New York. But that may be just my senile take on things. Old age does not necessarily brings wisdom The future of employment looks awfully grim. According to many estimates we add about 135,000 new entrants to the labor force each month on population growth alone. Yet the number of people employed in this country stands now at the same number as in 2000. Which means since that time we've added about 18 million more people to the work force who don't have jobs. And yet we're still adding new entrants to the job market each and every month. How long will it take to clear the backlog? Even if employers added a net 300,000 new jobs a month every month, something that isn't at all likely, we would need 9 years for all the new entrants to get a job along with the 18 million who don't have one now. Practical numbers even in a strong recovery are more likely around 15 years to do that job. I pity those new graduates whose hope for change is not likely to do them a bit of good. |
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