Time for Change
In John McCain speech he admitted that he didn’t no about the economy. Okay, I accept that and I am going to show you why a vote for Senator John McCain will send America into the worse depression since 1929. First, lets look at what makes a healthy economy. Economic Growth – this occurs with the expansion of business and industry, which creates jobs. When people are working they by homes, cars, appliances and other durable goods. As the demand for these products increase there is also an increase in the demand for the people who create, build or manufacture those products and provide the associated services - Economics 101.
When corporations adopt strategies to sell products and other goods and services to Americans but move the support functions and technical jobs offshore the net result is less American taxpayers. In effect, the money generated from the sale of the product here in the US is use to pay people that are employed in other countries boosting their economy. When we create helpdesk support, call center, computer programming or manufacturing job in another countries, there are consequently fewer American taxpayers, which also translates into less revenue for the both the federal and local government.
Senator McCain, please forgive me, I am really trying to make this simple for you and your supporters but as you can see, economic can become a little challenging. In any case, stay with me and I will continue to connect the dots so you can see why DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION! The less revenue the government has, the less government expenditures, the less support for the states, the less likely to provide grants, loans and other financial services necessary to support business development, stimulate Americas economy. Bottom line, the less jobs to spur economic expansion and growth. You see Senator McCain, your wealthy supporters want you to continue the war effort because they can continue to obtain the closed, no bid contracts and collect billions of dollars while the rest of the nations suffers. They get capital, expand their business offshore and jobs are loss in America. All funded with American taxpayer dollars. The Republicans are convinced that supply side economics is the answer and the fooled the American public into thinking that greed is good. As a result, the money doesn’t trickle down into the economy as the supply siders would suggest because greedy people get as much as they can and can as much as the get. The money is moved offshore and saved in offshore accounts. The money never finds it way back to the American economy.
I know you are saying “we Republicans love the American people”, we just approved a 140 billion dollar economic stimulus package. Now Senator, before you get too excited, let me explain to you why that economic plan will not work. The net result of this action will only deplete the budget and make it harder for the next president to bring the country out of the recession. Perhaps you are still not getting it. I have an idea, you are a military man, I’ll use a simple but logical military analogy.
Think of it this way. Lets say we have a war with terrorist in Afghanistan. Would you spread your troops all over Europe and the Middle East or would you concentrate your troops in strategic positions along the Afghanistan borders? On second thought, considering the current strategy we are using to fighting the war with Iraq while the terrorists fortify positions in Afghanistan and Pakistan, maybe that is not a good question. Let me suggest that the later would be the best strategy and I think you’ll agree. If the terrorists are in Afghanistan, we have a greater opportunity to get them if we focus the troops on Afghanistan where the terrorist are.
Now, lets look at the economy and draw from the same military analogy. Considering the fact the we have a serious housing crisis and a lack of employment opportunities, doesn’t it make sense to use that 140 billion dollars to support the homeowners and create new employment opportunities or just give everybody in America 300 to 600 dollars? I hope you find that last question rhetorical. This strategy would obviously spreads your troops; I mean your money too thin. The 140 billion dollars could have been used to restructure current mortgages in a manner that would help the banks, the mortgage companies and the homeowners while protecting jobs in the process, a quadruple whammy. Instead, it’s a 140 billion dollars leverage opportunity gone. When the American public receives their tax rebate, they will either spend it on fuel or paying a couple of bills and nothing else will change.
You see Senator McCain, there’s a big different between economic stimuli, economic expansion and economic growth. I wrote about this stuff in my new book and I promise to publish it before the political conventions this summer. In any case, apparently your last trip to the Middle East certainly lacked presidential luster to say the least. Moreover, your statement regarding your plans for the economy demonstrates a dismal lacks of knowledge about an issue that is critically important to the American people and the long-term stability of this nation. So then, with that said, I hope you will do the responsible and leave the war and the issues facing this economy to a person that does understand the economy. Someone like Senator Barrack Obama! If you do nothing about the economy and continue the foreign polices of the current administration, the American economy will spiral into a depression and the economic fallout will be devastating. THAT IS WHY SENATOR BARACK OBAMA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING FOR CHANGE.
It won’t matter who endorses you Senator McCain because if they are not wealthy or not working the “military industrial complex” in full throttle like some of your wealthy supporter then I am afraid they are not very smarter either.
I will leave you with one other point. I trust you are aware of the situation in the State of California. Due to recent budget cuts the Governor has found it necessary to layoff teachers. Teaching is considering one of the most stable occupations in the nation. When we start laying them off, it’s the preverbal handwriting on the wall that a depression is looming. Fewer teachers mean fewer taxpayers and you know the rests. Why do you suppose California is terminating teachers? Do you think it may have something to with that seventy billion dollar tax cut to the wealthy? Partly but is has more to do with the “laissez faire” hands off policy applied to the American children and taxpayers in our nation.
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