[templar]

The gov. should be concerned about the eroding consumer and tax base.

The government, the politicians running it really, seems only to be concerned in campaign money: getting re-elected. I doubt that they really care much who is providing that money, Americans or foreigners (through American sources as well as directly) as long as it keeps coming in.

[NYDave]

I agree that this is a year when the pols. are not going to focus, seriously, on issues. They will just spew out sound bites that make everyone feel warm and fuzzy. The pols. are also in need of the corp. contributions (and Kerry takes them, it's not all ketchup money) and they don't want to ruffle the feathers of the corp. big-wigs. We live in a fascist state where, instead of the gov. running the corps,
the corps run the gov. I voted for Bush but won't make that mistake this time around. He is part of the problem, not the solution. He is very much in bed with corp. America and, unfortunately, so are all of the others.