Monday, September 15, 2008
Today the stock market fell over 500 points. It was the biggest one day drop since 2001. I don’t want to say that the banking system in America is failing. I am not running to my bank to withdraw my funds.
However, today “Wall Street Giants” collapsed. Today they were bought and sold like cheap goods at Wal-Mart. Today has been reminiscent of Black Tuesday. I know people won’t believe that. No one is jumping from windows because it isn’t “that bad.”
Is it?
This year alone 463,000 jobs have been lost. Unemployment has hit a 5 year high at 6.1%. Our country has a racked up huge debt with foreign nations. People are relying on credit more and more.
The list of economic woes goes on and on…
This has all happened under a Republican in the white house for eight years.
John McCain has been a senator for 26 years. He has admitted that the economy is not his strong suit. Yet he claims to be the change we need. He claims to have ideas that will work and fix and help. But what are they? Has anyone heard him mention the middle class and the millions of families who are struggling?
Is anyone paying attention to his platform? The one that doesn’t cut taxes for those who need it the most? The plan that lowers taxes for the richest people in America? The one that hopes trickle down will work.
Well, America the truth is that trickle down doesn’t work. Hasn’t anyone noticed? Look at where we are today. How much more trickle down do we really think we need. John McCain thinks we need more. More of what we have had for the past eight years. I’m sorry but this is madness. Look around you senator. It isn’t that hard to see the people and the families that are hurting, losing, wanting.
Wanting a change.
No, not wanting a change, needing a change.
This country needs a change.
Times are bad. In fact, things haven’t been this bad since the Great Depression. The irony is that the Great Depression started during a Republican administration (Hoover). It took the great Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, with plans and ideas and change to get this country back on the right track. I have faith that things won’t get that bad again. I have faith that the American people will wake up and demand a change. And that change will not be Senator John McCain.
Today Joe Biden called John McCain “Bush 44.” He sure seems correct to me.
However, today “Wall Street Giants” collapsed. Today they were bought and sold like cheap goods at Wal-Mart. Today has been reminiscent of Black Tuesday. I know people won’t believe that. No one is jumping from windows because it isn’t “that bad.”
Is it?
This year alone 463,000 jobs have been lost. Unemployment has hit a 5 year high at 6.1%. Our country has a racked up huge debt with foreign nations. People are relying on credit more and more.
The list of economic woes goes on and on…
This has all happened under a Republican in the white house for eight years.
John McCain has been a senator for 26 years. He has admitted that the economy is not his strong suit. Yet he claims to be the change we need. He claims to have ideas that will work and fix and help. But what are they? Has anyone heard him mention the middle class and the millions of families who are struggling?
Is anyone paying attention to his platform? The one that doesn’t cut taxes for those who need it the most? The plan that lowers taxes for the richest people in America? The one that hopes trickle down will work.
Well, America the truth is that trickle down doesn’t work. Hasn’t anyone noticed? Look at where we are today. How much more trickle down do we really think we need. John McCain thinks we need more. More of what we have had for the past eight years. I’m sorry but this is madness. Look around you senator. It isn’t that hard to see the people and the families that are hurting, losing, wanting.
Wanting a change.
No, not wanting a change, needing a change.
This country needs a change.
Times are bad. In fact, things haven’t been this bad since the Great Depression. The irony is that the Great Depression started during a Republican administration (Hoover). It took the great Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, with plans and ideas and change to get this country back on the right track. I have faith that things won’t get that bad again. I have faith that the American people will wake up and demand a change. And that change will not be Senator John McCain.
Today Joe Biden called John McCain “Bush 44.” He sure seems correct to me.
Off to deposit some money in the bank,
LoOK
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Great input, as always.
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