stdreb27
Active Member
Originally Posted by bionicarm
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No. The guy has some mission in life to make sure Obama doesn't get elected. It's getting to the point, I really don't care anymore. Like I've said before, Presidents are just blow-hard politicians that'll say anything to get elected. Once they're in, most of their promises never even make it to the Congressional floor. Just like the last Presidential election, we're in a no win scenario. These two candidates are just as bad as Gore and Bush. I just have a bad taste in my mouth for McCain because the guy is nothing more than a Bush clone. If he gets elected, we'll just see the same policies that have put this country on the verge of a Recession, and stuck in a war that's costing billions of dollars, not producing any quantitive results. Yea, yea, get on the Journey Bandwagon and refute that claim. So there's been no attack in the last 7 years. Prove to me us being in Iraq is actually the cause of that. You can't. How many years did Bin Laden's group take to come up with the 9-11 attack?
You actually think McCain will get us out of the hole we're in? My business is slowly losing customers on a daily basis. I have friends in the automotive industry that can't find a job, and most are losing their houses. Major cities in Michigan are turning into ghost towns. Gas is at $4/gallon, and shows no sign of dropping. The cost of food is up 20%, and medical expenses are even higher. Airlines are on the brink of bankruptcy, and now charge $15 just to put a bag on the plane, and $3 for a Coke that used to be free. Unemployment is at an all-time high. Gas prices have caused a trickle-down effect -
You are just flat out wrong, unemployment isn't at an all time high.
American car manufacturers can't give away their life-blood, rock solid vehicles, the SUV and truck. The Big 3 is about to shut down.
Heavy Truck 18-wheel drivers are about to pull over and give the keys to someone else who can afford to pay $800 to fill up the tank, and only make $200 for driving across the country to deliver the goods.
As stated above, airlines have started charging for things that were always taken for granted to be free, and have stopped flying to regional and low-use airports.
Tourist destinations are losing thousands of dollars because people can't afford to fly, or want to drive 15 hours to get there. This affects restaurants, hotels, and amusement park revenues.
Farmers can't afford to run their heavy equipment due to the high price of gas. They make pennies on the dollar in profit when they do.
The housing market has gone into the tank, and you can hardly sell your house for market value even if you wanted to.
I could go on, but you get the picture. So somebody tell me whether McCain or Obama can fix this. If not, who can?
Well you are just flat out wrong, unemployment isn't at an all time high, it simply isn't accurate, 5.5% unemployment twenty years ago was considered full employment, we aren't on the verge of a recession. You argue that gas is 4 dollars a gallon because of bush? Seriously? Why don't you ask why we aren't drilling for the old down the continental slopes, Alaska, and in the dakotas? That is the real reason gas is 4 dollars a gallon. Farmers are experencing some of the HIGHEST prices for their product ever (look at ADM) they are experiencing some of the highest profits they've ever experienced.
Michigan is a local problem, (dems run michigan) and if we don't allow housing to adjust naturally then we'll have a huge fall later on. I could argue, using your same threshold for proof that since Texas is booming that the whole country is good. But thing change, you've and your friends have to change with it. Are you trying to blame the auto industries problems on bush too? Sorry, I can't blame bush for the big three and their negotiations with the unions, and their inability to adjust with the changing markets. (I can blame democrat congress and the clinton presidency for signing legislation hindering our big three from making what they want to make all, green legislation does just that)
Why is it that honda, toyota are opening manufacturing plants in different parts of the USA.
And seriously McCain a bush clone, (the dude tried to switch parties twice over the last 8 years). It is fine if you can't admit we are winning in iraq. But we haven't seen Iraq on the front pages, which means nothing bad is happening there. No news is good news.
All your proof is anecdotal. And has no quanitative measure of accuracy. I can go find some hard luck case anywear. You simply don't know how good you have it here in the USA. Which is just sad. Tell you what, you go work for a year doing humanitarian work for some organization overseas. Then come back and tell me how bad we have it. And then we'll talk.
