I am not happy at all with the direction Obama is heading in.
A stimulus bill that was devoid of at least significant (and badly needed) infrastructure improvements, really being a bailout of state, county and local governments (when they should become leaner and tighten their belts), deficit spending rising at a breakneck speed, and a terrible Geithner bank rescue plan - what next?
I can honestly say for the first time that I honestly can't ever vote for a Republican or Democrat again so long as these parties exist in their current form.
It is with great reluctance that I finally come to grips with the notion that I must dump my idealism about how it is one's 'civic duty' to vote, when I find both 'bought & paid for' political parties completely unpalatable.
I will no longer criticize those who don't vote as long as it's a deliberate decision based on the recognition that the two part system we currently have is certain to doom us, sooner rather than later.
A stimulus bill that was devoid of at least significant (and badly needed) infrastructure improvements, really being a bailout of state, county and local governments (when they should become leaner and tighten their belts), deficit spending rising at a breakneck speed, and a terrible Geithner bank rescue plan - what next?
I can honestly say for the first time that I honestly can't ever vote for a Republican or Democrat again so long as these parties exist in their current form.
It is with great reluctance that I finally come to grips with the notion that I must dump my idealism about how it is one's 'civic duty' to vote, when I find both 'bought & paid for' political parties completely unpalatable.
I will no longer criticize those who don't vote as long as it's a deliberate decision based on the recognition that the two part system we currently have is certain to doom us, sooner rather than later.
Quote from Fractals 'R Us:
Screw all this negative s%^t, the rail and ship indexes are rising, people are loading up on real estate and who gives a rat's ass what happens to some H1B's.. maybe they should get an attorney and sue somebody for racism or something... sad stories sell newspapers but BuyLow, they are meaningless here on ET...
Why not worry about constitutional issues like the tax that congress just passed... it's punitive and after the fact, clearly unconstitutional on two counts. Bailout money went to Acorn to the tune of three and a half billion dollars... unbelievable... so they put forty people on buses and went to harass the people that were getting the punitive taxation bill aimed straight at their heads... does that remind anybody of the Nazi Brown Shirts and Hitlers regime??? I think an issue like that is way more important than some teary eyed report about some H1B's hitting the street...