Well said. I am a Republican and have been for years, and couldn’t agree with you more on this.

I do think helping back automaker’s warrenties was a brilliant idea. Kind of like the FDIC for banks. Obama should have let the auto makers go into bankrupcy coupled with this idea. Perhaps he still will…

I think there is a good answer to the ecomonic crisis we are in. I beleive the FairTax would be the biggest boost to the economy Congress could do. However, it would weaken their power so America would have to force them to do it. It would encourage investment and bring trillions of US dollars back into America. It would also stem the tide of companies moving more jobs off-shore (can you say IBM)? It is unfortunate that we (America) aren’t taking advantage of this opportunity to catapult America out of this recession.

Are you a first time commenter? If so, thanks for commenting. The is a reason Charles Darwin is one of the most famous names in history.

Dan

Defining cuba as socialist is debatable. I would say Stalinist not socialist but that’s a debate on its own. True socialist states are rare and like unfettered capitalism, usually break down before their pure form due to greed and ultimately morph into something else. There are elements of multiple economic systems that work with examples all over the world yet here we seem to always end up at the black and white with no gray. Maybe we should look at other systems and take the best of all of them and evolve and progress for whatever we’re talking about be it economics, health care etc. I believe that America was called the great experiment so I highly doubt after less than 250 years we got it just right. We already have elements of nationalization but choose not to categorizes them as such for some fear of what… the slippery slope?

I keep hearing “We need to let it crash so it bounces back!”… like it’s some mechanical process in a vacuum. Does anyone really know how bad it would get if we did nothing at all? And can a government do nothing at all without suffering a fatal blow as we experience ‘lower lows’ for a period of time?

I haven’t been to Cuba lately, but have you been to Detroit lately?

Every Citizen should lay aside political and media rhetoric and really ask themselves some very important question’s.

WHO would benefit the most from collapsing the US economy?

WHO would benefit the most from positioning the US as the entity that caused the global collapse?

WHY is the IMF and now everyone including China so eager to help stem the collapse?

WHY is China still buying US treasury bonds, despite their strong vocal objections?

HOW could you take over republic ideals and the Nation for which they stand w/o firing a shot, invading the country or launching a missle at that Republic?

WHO would benefit the most from seeing a socialist and border line communist getting elected to lead a Republic?

WHO believe more than anything that Western nations and most importantly the US is what is wrong with the world today and whose citizens are the epitome of evil?

My theories and they are only theories are two fold

1) A global oligarchy cartel, including US Citizens that understand our system and loopholes, etc that are forming a

2) Could this have been a perfectly planned and executed terrorist attack? before anyone says that the radical muslim threat could not be smart enough to carry this out, let us not forget at all, that they were smart enough to take flying lessons and run them into the Twin Towers.

Oligarchs win hands down because they have control of the only entity that could possibly stop them(the government) specifically the individuals in regualtory, law enforcement, executive, legislative and judicial branches…Oligarchs thrive when there is a majority in government that tend to be more socialist in their approach to solving problems. They also win because invaribaly they control the media.

This administration and the majority in the legislative branch are starting to prove they are just as arrogant,and stupid as the prvious administration. I am now convinced that obama is very naive and is turning into a puppet for radical views, that ultimately will keep oligarchs very appeased and pleased. Oligarchy hates innovation, self reliance, and the very values our founders held dear.

To take their power you must build more slef reliance, be keen to details and start a revolution.

All that Obama is doing is transfering wealth, follow the money and this is proved. Where does it say in our Constitution a sitting President has the authority to fire a CEO and nationalize anything. the tobacco excise tax being raised is another example fo reckless regard for anyone’s rights. I for one would like to see where exactly this new $33B is going to go to.

My guess it will not go directly to the children it is inteneded to go to, but to every middle man in between and in the end very few children will see any benefit if at all.

We ahve a current administration that is selling us down the river and are too stupid to see it…I do not see anyone that understands true free markets or even udnerstand that in real free markets regualtion is not needed, because the system corrects itself, the real issue is that ALL politicians for at least the last 20 years,and especially Grennspan refused to let the system work as it was intended to.

The current crisis is not a political problem it’s a GREED problem and the banks, automakers, etc are not really the issue imho, it is far deeper it is a group of individuals that collapsed a system just because they could. I firmly believe there is no reason why Bear Stearns or Lehman had to collpase, other than oligarchy proving a point.

we can take it back, but it’s going to have to start by forcing every citizen to be educated and united. This challenge is going to be just like when you attempt to get a heroine addict clean & sober and it will be very painful and it will be a long journey down a very long road.

We have to understand just as any addict understands the path to recovery is not a short term fix, it is a lifestyle change.