DouglasChick's Blog

With high tech, medical research jobs, and the vacuum created from the manufacturing sector leaving this country, the legs have been kicked out of our economy, and can not stand on its own with our manufactured products being produced in other countries. Trickle down economics is trickling down in China, India and Mexico. Our elected leaders are not serving those that elected them, they serve those that financed their election.

John McCann said it best in Michigan, “…lost jobs will not return to Michigan!”

President Bush said it worst, “…oil prices are high because of supply and demand. The U.S. people cut back on purchasing gas, so the price went up.” High gas prices are our fault.

You can not cut taxes without reducing government spending. You can not reduce government spending without losing support from special interest groups. Politicians can not lose support from special interest without losing needed dollars to become re-elected.

The proposed stimulus plan is not a boast for the people, they want to boast spending. Who benefits from spending? What will they do if we put that money in the bank and do not spend it? Will they issue another 150 billion dollars in government gift cards? Where are they going to get 150 billion dollars from?