o.k, now I’ve see public education AND immigrants bashed in some comments here.

A lack of discernment in targeting who is responsible (for the mess we’re in) could arguably be called the tragedy of today’s Left.

“curiousgeezer” is right on the money (“When half of every tax dollar goes to the Pentagon…”)

By virtue of a public education system designed to keep people ignorant, the entertainment industry designed to keep people from thinking or noticing things, religion, designed to keep people from asking questions or questioning authority, and the way our purposefully incompetent government spends OUR tax dollars, we are on our way off the edge of a cliff. 

Americans for the most part are too ignorant (and afraid) to even know what the issues are, let alone be able to pick a candidate who would have a prayer of solving any of these problems.  As long as fear rules and ignorance/stupidity is celebrated by our society, we are doomed…in fact, it may already be too late.

It’s really a bad idea, to close all your factories while sending your troops off to war.

But then again, American’s are not longer measured by how much they can produce, but rather by how much debt they can carry.

Debts are then bundled and sold accross the world as derivates, to make even more money for the fortunate few.

Unfortuantely now, American’s have reached the limit of how much debt they can carry, so what’s Wal Street to do. (Maybe the revenue stream will go overseas too, as soverign wealth funds begin to buy American infrastructure.)

Especially when derviates, are not bringing in as much money as they used to, now that the Peoples Republic of China realizes that American’s can no longer service any more debt.

Eventually Ponzi schemes collapse, that’s where we are now. The economy cannot be “fixed”, it needs a complete over haul, starting with the Reagan years.

Re: howard read, August 22

Thank you so much for your comment.  I have come back to your comment many times and reread it.  And each and every time, for me at least, you speak volumes….very succinctly I might add.  It is apparent, you fight the good fight.  Take care and NEVER give up.

Stop the immigrant bashing!!

You are forgetting the country you live in is a country OF immigrants!

They are NOT the cause of the problem!

How can the Richest country in the World - cry “broke”?

Stupidity in politics, thats how!

here in Oregon: the lawless leaders in Oregon senate following the same tyrant lawless ones in Fed Gov; have amended the Constitution 423 times; removed older laws, without of course involving the Gov; (said on televised town hall meeting) 1/28 & 1/29 08; today watching a “planning” committee: they claim that the “water rights” bill a previous Gov took care of permanently has “expired” this year (how convenient); therefore stating that “they” own the land; and “they” own the water: you can expect the Corp’s to “own” the water rights; and while you can exist as one stated on tv; (politician) without oil you can only exist for 3 days without water;****get ready for a bumpy ride! the problem it seems is the the nation de immagracion previously known as the USA has overpopulated with immigrants; resulting in the necessity to remove pensions, med benefits; disability payments to its own citizens; including the ones from Iraq & Afghanistan; no $ for artificial arms/limbs; no $ for meds at their hospitals; no $ for their treatments; they (our Gov) working with Corps openly declared all military personnel have mental problems; & so have the Corps decided not to hire them due to the mental problems; which of course is escalated with the torture of calls 6 to 7 times a day every single day with the agressive tactics of the collection calls re payments which are delayed repeatedly by Congress for such a time as this; TORTURE of American citizens by criminal interest rates & addl fees started by Congress & Corps AGAINST the citizens of the USA; brand new police cars, every where; those little tazars going strong; many following the war criminals at the highest levels of our land who of course refuse to acknowledge International Court of Law; (our lawless leaders folks); Congress; BOTH McCain & Obama are included; along with P & VP;

As I recall, Ron Paul brought up economics a number of times in the Repub debates, but he’s so smart and so well-educated about economics (especially about the Austro/libertarian alternative to the present system), no one wanted to say diddley-squat about economics in those debates—-and y’all know how McCain claims with some pride that he doesn’t know his posterior from second base about economics.

I expect a new depression sooner or later.

Good point!! Every move Obama makes is so strategized, he must be intentionally avoiding this issue. “Change”? sounds like more of the same to me.

and to be frank: if you were involved with folks in other countries; what is being said & done: democracy has become the most despicable name cuz they KNOW how our Gov works; they see us enslaved by Corps with NO BENEFITS & everything that was said of Hussain is hundreds of times WORSE here in USA; even Iraqi’s said it; THEY said this is DICTATORSHIP; Bush said we prefer to be called dysfunctional; NOT at all; long term pre planned harm to their citizens as much as they can; if you DON’T know: http://www.naturalnews.com; dr mercola is another good one; http://www.tipnut.com a great one; google make your own laudry soaps, homemade shampoos, etc; save your $ & probably save your lives; everything is geared to make you ill, rob your health, & take any $ to add to their wealth; you are paying Corps taxes; shareholder is #1; health coverage STOPS the moment you become ill; & FED LAW says they do not have to pay anything if it effects their profits; (been going on for a long time now folks; not just with economy slow); Fed law states they do NOT have to list ingredients harmful to humans anymore on any product; see what genetic seeds are doing; see what NAIS is about; see how Gov is hounding disabled vets to pay $ back; see how Gov has lots of $ at both st & fed levels; for “ag workers”; see how Gov has “birdflu” specials; http://www.naturalnews.com will give you info & book you can get on how to survive it;

this is the master plan that has been long carried out with a great deal of malice in their hearts towards the citizens of this country: our political parties who have been doing harmful acts against civilians folks: with global dominion in mind, as “we have gotten away with it in America for years”; death follows them whereever they go; LOOK at the Indians; did they keep their word to them? LOOK at the veterans: stripped of pensions, health benefits; claiming no $ for years & wondering why we are so stupid they roll their eyes in astonishment of ignorant Americans; they call us bad names; & claim “this is the way democracy works”; it is the way CRIMINALS work; THIS is our Gov; BTW, just came from a neighbors house: her grandson that her family had not seen or heard from for years that was involved in the Nazi party: is working for the Gov. WAKE UP AMERICANS! It is DICTATORSHIP not “democracy”; NOT dysfunctional; it is the SAME wealthy folks who ran the plantations who RUN our Gov! Fed Reserve Board finally came out & STATED: the INTEREST RATES & ADDL FEES on credit cards are CRIMINAL. Okay’d by the Gov of the USA; the oil prices are what they are due to “speculators”; gosh, our Gov must have something to do with it cuz why else are the USA cars being offered $2.99 a gallon guarenteed for 36 months?

As long as the masters of the universe can pull of a controlled disintegration of the grotesquely leveraged financial sector—“THE” economy of the past 25-30 years—then inflation will by no means abate. It is more likely to accelerate into a hyper-inflation, Wiemar Germany 1923 style.

Per the presidential candidates, who do you think uses their control over the MSM to give us these choices?

When half of every tax dollar goes to the Pentagon, aimed at the destruction of men, women and CHILDREN all over the Earth, and the American public does not even have the mentality to be ashamed…

So many, many people have been hurt by these criminals.  They have lost their homes, been sent into the streets because they were sick or injured, endured countless inequities and humiliations while the perpeTRAITORS continue to roam free.  And this does come down to the price of the milk that some won’t find sitting in their fridge at the break of day.

And yet, we experience so resoundingly the sound of the silence of the lies of omission.  Where are our leaders?  The ones who’s position it is to represent the people of this vast republic.  We have a handful.  And by god we best support them in their efforts to bring accountability to this fiasco.

I give great thanks to all THE PEOPLE who by word and or deed have labored so painstakingly for those who’s options have become the choice between milk or kool-aid.

Recently, I stayed with my mother who needed some help, 83 years old.  The level of depravity of the community businesses sickened me.  Using company-store type tactics they have fictitiously jacked up the price of food astronomically.  This also needs to be investigated.

I wondered… how is it that where I live just about 160 miles away that “Jack’s Pizza” sells for 6/$10.00, yet there… they were 3/$10.00. “Shurfine” tomato sauce (the off-brand) sells for 69 cents here, but where she lives is $1.39.  Or the fact that decrepit old onions barely fit for human consumption sell for $1.39 per pound there and here they are $.69 per pound and fresh!..?

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that a truckload of goods driving 160 miles does NOT double the cost of each individual item.  In fact, it doesn’t even half again its cost.  Shame on the small community food retailers who engage in this deception.  How despicable is that.  These are their friends and NEIGHBORS.

So where are our candidates…?  Speak up….candidates!  The people are starving.  Shall we eat cake!  Although you have to admit, there are cake mixes which require only water…..and lets face it, today…cake is cheaper than veggies, meat or milk!

Maybe our candidates feel the people should eat cake and kool-aid…what’s cheaper than that..?  And YES Marie, ....I also hear the silence.

They can’t focus on the economy because they’re not affected by it. None of them know the cost of a gallon og gas,milk or orange juice. The money just keeps rolling in, insulating them from the very real pain that so many people in this country are feeling. When the credit card bubble bursts, the people of the US will be in deep dodo. And that bubble will burst! I wonder how many people are using credit cards to make ends meet now and what happens when they’re maxed out.

As I have stated before, americans’ wallets are the sensitive parts of their bodies. It is indeed the economy, stoopid.

somebody said it, can’t remember who…. I’m paraphrasing…..
‘profits are guaranteed to the few, and debt and corporate failure is nationalized to the rest of us’....

I blame every representative and senator who didn’t have the common sense to understand that some real oversight is a necessary thing in this economy.

Obama and his staff are scared of McCain and his POW rejoinders…...
If they and the rest of the Dems can’t nail the Republicans on the real issues of the last 8 years, as there are so many,.. they don’t deserve to win the presidency or anything else…...