yaaarrrgg;1004510 wrote: Quinn, I agree .... realistically speaking half the effort of our country for the next 20 years or so will be in undoing the mess that Bush has left us.
Although it's sad if Obama's goals are just be pie-in-the sky promises. Since the bar was set so low, he was merely trying to be competitive with what other countries have already accomplished. He's not proposing breaking any new ground.
IMO our country has sunk into a state of learned helplessness, where the electorate no longer sees itself as the government. Rather we see the government as something external to ourselves. But we are the ones hiring members of Congress. They are the ones that work for us, not vice versa. What needs to happen is that rather than being pitted against each other, voters need to unite against politicians.
While I have posted to the effect Bush was likely of worst President, I can't agree that Bush alone has left us the mess we are in. The American people bare at least a substantial part of the responsibility as does Congress. Congress passed laws that were designed to increase the number of people who owned a home and the markets responded, especially Fanny and Freddy
Whomever is the next President will be able to do very little regardless of what is promised, there simply is no money and raising taxes will only extend the problem. Like it or not the people who are likely to see their taxes raised are the people who help drive the economy and create jobs.
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