Meanderings
It's a weird race. This time we do not have the "lesser of two evils". Both guys seem like decent folks, still married to the elite cause; but that's nothing new.
As usual, I'm voting a 3rd party. In our country if no one votes for them then they will not be included on the next ballot.
I listened to the debate twice. Note I said "listened". I did not see it. Both men said that they wanted to end the war in Iraq. Both men said they wanted to expand the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Both men said Russia was horrible for protecting their allies against Georgian aggression. Both men said it was wrong of Iran to desire clean, cheap nuclear in it's country.
Both men said they supported the bail out of corporations by the corporations. They both have no problem making the rich richer. Both claim they will not rise taxes on the middle class.
That's the only difference I heard. Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich, and McCain doesn't. Obama forgets the simple fact that the rich live off the slave labor of the citizens that will be voting for him. When he raises their taxes, they simply raise their prices and citizens, instead of paying higher taxes, pay higher prices for goods sold. And since everyone gets a cut up and down the system, the prices go higher faster than the taxes would have. No matter. The rich will stay rich no matter what. If they make a mistake and lose some money, both candidates are willing to bail them out.
I do not think either of these men believe they are corrupt. They are both spouting exactly the same rhetoric. They probably aren't any more corrupt than the system is, and the system is totally corrupt. I see it in my little corner of the world because, like it or not, being a teacher means I am working for the government. I see the corruption, even at my level. No teacher would say that testing kids 3 1/2 months a year is good education policy. Yet we do it "for the funding." No one wants to buck the "system". Everyone I talk to agrees it is corrupt, yet we're all at a loss at what to do because even the candidates have exactly the same platform to keep the corruption going forward into the future.
But we survive. And even smile a few times a day. I did like the line that McCain threw out. "We went to Washington to change the system, and it changed us." At least he recognizes the problem. But there's no answer to how to solve it. Once people are being paid to look past their morals, there's no looking back.
As usual, I'm voting a 3rd party. In our country if no one votes for them then they will not be included on the next ballot.
I listened to the debate twice. Note I said "listened". I did not see it. Both men said that they wanted to end the war in Iraq. Both men said they wanted to expand the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Both men said Russia was horrible for protecting their allies against Georgian aggression. Both men said it was wrong of Iran to desire clean, cheap nuclear in it's country.
Both men said they supported the bail out of corporations by the corporations. They both have no problem making the rich richer. Both claim they will not rise taxes on the middle class.
That's the only difference I heard. Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich, and McCain doesn't. Obama forgets the simple fact that the rich live off the slave labor of the citizens that will be voting for him. When he raises their taxes, they simply raise their prices and citizens, instead of paying higher taxes, pay higher prices for goods sold. And since everyone gets a cut up and down the system, the prices go higher faster than the taxes would have. No matter. The rich will stay rich no matter what. If they make a mistake and lose some money, both candidates are willing to bail them out.
I do not think either of these men believe they are corrupt. They are both spouting exactly the same rhetoric. They probably aren't any more corrupt than the system is, and the system is totally corrupt. I see it in my little corner of the world because, like it or not, being a teacher means I am working for the government. I see the corruption, even at my level. No teacher would say that testing kids 3 1/2 months a year is good education policy. Yet we do it "for the funding." No one wants to buck the "system". Everyone I talk to agrees it is corrupt, yet we're all at a loss at what to do because even the candidates have exactly the same platform to keep the corruption going forward into the future.
But we survive. And even smile a few times a day. I did like the line that McCain threw out. "We went to Washington to change the system, and it changed us." At least he recognizes the problem. But there's no answer to how to solve it. Once people are being paid to look past their morals, there's no looking back.
posted by Cholla Needles | 7:10 PM
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