March
2008
Where Our Country is Going
Within ten years, if we continue on the same path as we are now on, we will not be a superpower.
I prefer to write about all things local but every once in a while I find the urge to delve into national issues. Today is such a time.
Our dollar is sinking. The national debt is skyrocketing and our budget deficit is pushing us toward a crippled economy. The limited value on the dollar that we have left is being spent recklessly on a war which cannot be won in a land where the people do not want us. A majority of our durable goods and nearly all of our electronics are now being made in other countries.
Our governments answer to this crisis?
Send everyone a check. Now mind you, this isn’t a check from some large national surplus. This is a check that is from money borrowed. The idea behind this is that people will take that check, which remember is borrowed money, and they’ll use it to buy electronics and durable goods. Remember where those goods are made?
This economic stimulus package will be more helpful to foreign countries. This economic stimulus package will be a huge boost for the Chinese economy. As for the American economy?
Well, not so much.
Jim McGuigan
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Buy American.. remember when that meant something? Our greed for top pay and benefits has led to the transfer of jobs overseas where $7.00 an hour is top pay. Could it be the greed we are so hated for overseas has become our downfall? Could our dependence on foreign oil cripple us completely? What major event has to happen for the US to see we need to become more self-reliant? Maybe when an oriental flag is raised over the white house.
Oriental flag? Is that like an Oriental rug?
FYI - “Oriental” is not a country or region
Here’s a simple solution to our reliance on foreign…rely on DOMESTIC oil…like that which could be found in Alaska or just off any of our coasts.
France generates 75% of their power from nuclear power plants, why can’t we?
We send some of the oil that we import to foreign countries to be refined. Why? Because we haven’t built an oil refinery in this country since the early 70s!!!
And you wonder why we’re reliant on foreign sources for oil and oil refining.
mke lover off your meds huh?
MKE lover off his meds? What about the fools pushing ethanol, CFL’s, and global warming?
That’s all you got Deputy Insider??? “Off my meds???” I love how you can’t refute anything I say, instead you resort to snide remarks. I guess I’ve come to expect that from you, par for the course.
ditto