Tom Littleton wrote:
McCain and Abel said:
....economics isn't my strong suit".
Tom
...."bomb, bomb,bomb. Bomb, bomb, Iran."

I'm not going to try to vilify McCain. Compared to
Bush (the dumbest and most dangerous president we've ever had)
he's a breath of fresh air.

But it is interesting: when a republican presidential hopeful
openly admits he's not real strong on economics, that means he's not
particularly interesting in it, and also that he buys the
stock republican party economics propaganda:

.....Government is inherently bad, so no government at all is good.
Or, in other words: we're better off when corporations get to do
what ever they want, without any regulation, direction or oversight.
It also means he'll (like vice-president Bush) do what ever his advisers
tell him to do.

So why then does McCain even want to be president?
Perhaps he's primarily interested in running the Pentagon,
he wants to project a strong military presence to the world
at large...and he wants to get what he thinks is good for the USA
with a strong arm and stiff narrow gaze.

Trouble is, it's precisely those two attitudes that got us
where we are today: half broke, with a dwindling dollar, Chinese owning
most of the infrastructure, sky rocketing
deficits, burgeoning mega-rich and a sinking middle class.
And we're mired in one war we didn't need,
while neglecting another we needed to fight.

And there are still lots of people ready and eager to
vote for more of the same. That's the depressing part.







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