More Angry Rants About the Economy, Donkeys and Elephants

Don't let anyone fool you into thinking a Democrat is more dirty than a Republican or a Republican in more dirty than a Democrat.  The donkeys and elephants play in the same lobbyist pig pen.  For those of you who would blame Bush for everything (he really is an idiot), you may have forgotten the mistakes made by Clinton's administration.  NAFTA was a good idea in theory.  A free market is the most profitable economically.  However, NAFTA didn't focus on reducing restrictions of goods, it just allowed the money to pass freely without taxes.  This made it more profitable for corporations to start sending jobs to foreign countries.  Big ears Ross Perot predicted that before we ever signed it.  A free market is a great idea, but the restrictions we had in place kept jobs here in the United States.  Sacrificing jobs in America to produce bigger profits for shareholders can not possibly solve the economic crisis here at home.  We need to produce more goods, not less.  Producing more at home means profit margins won't be as high, but our communities will remain strong.  For those who think Republican trickle-down economics works, you obviously have spent too much time listening to propaganda rather than studying math.  The only thing lowering taxes on the upper class achieves in more debt.  That is how we went from having a surplus to a massive 9 trillion dollar debt.  Why not throw another trillion on to bail out a bunch of banks that made false profits based on inflation.  Why don't we just use napkins for dollars while we're at it.

The Democrats and Republicans both suck because lobbyist run Washington by opening up massive check books to finance candidates.  We may hear a few good speeches claiming change is coming, but until the Oil companies stop financing our government, they are our government.  What is the difference between Iraq and Georgia?  What about the former Yugoslavia, Darfur, and Myanmar?  There are plenty of wars worth fighting for the right reasons, yet we do not act unless atrocities such as mass graves caught on film force us to.  But fighting a war for an oil field seems more noble?  Maybe the plan is to leave troops there forever to act as a deterrent to Iran from starting a war with Israel.  Really it is just so we have some military bases in the middle east to protect our oil interests.  Hell, if Israel and Iran went to war they would both be flying US made jets!  The Israeli air force is armed with F-15s and the Iranians have a few F-14s.  I wonder if there is a self-destruct button on all of those!  Until there is real campaign finance reform and a crack down on lobbyist, our government will be influenced more by money than by public demand.  Big businesses can profit more using foreign labor and cutting jobs here.  The regulations that protected our domestic economy need to be replaced so that it is more profitable to conduct business in the US.  Stock holders need to suck it up and accept a smaller percent of a stronger dollar.  So let it be written, so let it be done.