If anyone was listening, or heard anything above the noise and heat of the political campaigning, they heard the current administration's spokespersons acknowledge that this economic downturn has not yet bottomed out. A lot of this, I'm sure was political rhetoric to cover their own bare hind parts in the event their candidate was elected President.
Those that expect The President to have a fix for the economy, and a resolving of conflicts in the middle East are going to be disappointed. These things didn't come about overnight, and they won't go away in a like manner.
Why do we need a veto proof Congress? If they are truly doing their jobs of representing the American People, . . . .no, I guess I'm an idealist, or pretty naive to believe that the body politic can and will always work for the good of all Americans.
Somehow within the past several years, the words negotiate and compromise have been removed from the American (as opposed to English) language. What ever happened to The Loyal Opposition? The differing parties have always had their own ideas how to run the government, but they once tried to make their policies palatable enough that they would be acceptable to the most people. Not so now, both parties have the attitude that it's "my way or the highway."
Somewhere since World War II we lost the idea that this is a country for all, and that everyone has an equal opportunity to be the best they can.
How can we call our country a free enterprise any more when most of the larger banks and many of the large manufacturers are standing in the welfare line? Yes, welfare line. Call it bail out or whatever you wish, but it's still welfare. If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck . . .
Our core industries are still stuck in the post WWII era when most of the world was rebuilding from the ravages of that war, and the US was the only one able to supply what Americans were demanding. Meantime, American Manufacturing went to sleep, and foreign interests came in and gave people what they wanted instead of what a Ford or Westinghouse wanted us to have. They have not yet become aware that they are going to have to compete on the other country's playing field and by his rules.
