People are wondering what will be the topic of the night. I think people are hoping for the economy as opposed to what the debate was supposed to be about-- foreign policy.
I'm not sure WHAT I want their topic of the night to be. In today's economic climate, I suppose discussing this is just as good as anything. But I'm afraid that there would be nothing more than a back and forth on the Wall Street Bailout.
On my part, I'm still trying to figure out why the government is even able to direct this large a taxpaid sum toward Wall Street.
Side Note: The question posed to be voted on Lou Dobbs Tonight is more or less "Do you think that its time to tell President Bush and Congress to shut up and declare NO BAILOUT?"
It meshes with this topic, so I choose to include that in this entry despite the obvious bias in the question itself. Obviously, I say yes. And if the time comes when they DO give Wall Street the money, make no mistake, I will treat it as an investment and claim my portion of the country. Is that even posible? It must be-- its not as though there's been a situation wherein there have had to be parameters set for this sort of thing.
Back to what I was saying before. The lines between Communism and our supposed Free Market Capitalism are really blurring for me with this proposed bill. Wouldn't it be interfering with the Free Market if President Bush were to give money to Wall Street.
As I watch the news, and see that there are a bunch of Dems who have recieved money from Wall Street, I can see how this would almost be like a payback to the Wall Street companies that contributing to their campaigns. But that has nothing to do with me, and the taxes my family pays, so why don't they contribute their own money to Wall Street?
Its baffling to me. If anything shows how far our government is in the hands of the Big Business, its this. And the fact that no one has brought THAT up on a wider scale is frightening to me.
This just makes another in a long line of things that are complete saddening when I think about whatever Hope we're supposed to have for our government and the future. So many people (not necessarily myself--I'm not being paid, let alone to be endorsing anyone on my own personal blog here.) are hoping for their particular candidate to revolutionize the American government so that it benefits the common man, the middle class man. If the government is this far into the pocket of big business, what can we do, except have a complete overhaul. Aren't they putting too much 'hope' into one man's ability to 'change?'
I don't know. I'll write back after the debate, I suppose. Maybe, maybe not.
1 comment:
Ahh......the debate let's see what new insight this one brings to us!!
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