who else has the feeling that those in power are always advocating things that every bone in your body tells you is not really good for the citizens of this country? For example, when you say that you are concerned about record budget deficits, they tell you don't worry, and that borrowing all that money from foreign countries to make ends meet is actually a good thing. When you question why our trade deficits are so high, they tell you that record trade deficits are actually a sign that our economy is doing great. When you question allowing millions of the world's poorest to flood into our country and a lot of them illegally and your common sense tells you that it cant be good for middle and lower class americans, they tell you that they are only doing jobs that americans dont want to do, and that the extra supply of labor miraculously does not drive down wages. Whe you question why housing prices were so high, they told you that it was a great market and that great wealth was
2007-11-19
07:59:35
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being created through home ownership.
When you questioned why health care was so expensive, they said it was because people being harmed by doctors and the attorneys representing were making too much money from lawsuits. When you questioned why Gas prices had been so high for so many years in a row, they told you that it was based on the market (implying supply and demand forces), but they refuse to acknowledge that war in the middle east, and the threat of expansion of conflict in the middle east does not affect supply and demand and thus cause higher prices.
When you questioned why a government would favor policies that make it easy for companies to shut factories here in USA and send those jobs to Communis China or India and other foreign places, they told you that it was a global economy and that you should embrace it ..and the fact that your factory closed is actually good for you. I half expect them to tell me Up is down, and Life is death.
2007-11-19
08:04:48 ·
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Is it possible just possible that all those actions are really good for some people and their pocketbooks, and they are just trying to convince the great majority of others that whats actually bad for them is good for them?
2007-11-19
08:06:16 ·
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