[dennisw]

If it were only that simple. I really wish it were.

What we have is an insoluble problem no matter if 0bama or McCain is president
This economy is way out of wack. It is a structural problem. All was predicted in "The Reckoning" that you have read
There is simply not enough real useful work to go around so we invent all kinds of crap work such as done on Wall Street and all levels of governments. We invent all kinds of social work jobs in medicine and universities. We invent millions of jobs where people are ministering to others in charity jobs all trying to delay the inevitable for the last 20 years. We flipped houses, concocted mortgages, let Wall Street run wild with derivatives. All this to gin up a fake prosperity

Lack of real work is due to automation, computerization and cheap imports. My main question is who are the producers in America who produce goods and services that are actually necessary? Not bubble type services that are indulgences as plastic surgery.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

US Remains World’s Leading Manufacturer

But if you look closely, how much of a John Deere tractor's parts are manufactured here?

How much of the US industrial output does the US government, and other governments getting US aid, buy?

[Travis McGee]

You got it. A hard road ahead, no matter who occupies the Casa Blanca.

[cherry]

farmers...miners.....fishermen.....lumberjacks....

now if we could get rid of odorous enviromental laws and actually start acting like a capitalist nation, our economy and our self esteem would take off....

imagine if we allowed drilling off of FLorida or other places with AMERICAN workers....

[stephenjohnbanker]

I have been in finance all of my adult life. Forget about the long term liabilities like Medicare, for now. There is no way to pay them. Obama’has had one main goal since day one; to destroy our economy in the SHORT term. He is winning too. His new budget will finish us off....no need for O’care, or crap n fraud. They would merely be icing on the cake. This alone will do it.