Okay, so I have a few posts on here and yesterday my oldest son who is 11 cam up to me with something he wrote in school and wanted to know if I could post it here. Now me being the proud Dad of a young man who wants to be President someday (thanks to Obama) Said sure so here it is.
Disclaimer Please don't hold any punches if you see something that he needs to work on feel free to offer advice.
In a round about way Im going to tell you how a Democrat is needed in Washington. I have seen a lot of blame for the current economical crisis. Republicans blaming Carter or Clinton. My father has been writing about and warning for years about the current crisis. But here's the way I see things: As it started to happen instead of trying to work out a sound solution. Blame became the spotlight. Carter did it with his legislation, hum things were going fine then hows that so? No, Clinton did it with NAFTA....hum, things were awesome when he was president...hows that so?
Ill tell you how it really happened.
When Bush took office our country had a 400 billion dollar Surplus. Then Bush gave the tax break to the elitists and turned it into a 200 billion dollar deficit almost overnight.
He allowed all of his elitist buddies to offshore the American jobs. I wrote an article about this back in 2002. At the time it was speculated that 14 million jobs were going to be offshored. Offshoring American money Off shoring American money escalated to 66% since the Bush administration took office. Not only does it hurt America (because the funds arent here) but it allows these people that Bush gave the tax break to (Im sure in hopes they would allow it to trickle down) to earn Billions in interest while paying no taxes.
The next thing he did is to allow unqualified people to make major purchases. Housing, So, this soon unemployed person is allowed to make a major purchase. Knowing that sooner or later they wont have a job due to off shoring. Then you change the legislation for credit card payback. This new unemployed home owner has to live on something. Change the credit card legislation. Change the bankruptcy regulations. So, this new unemployed home owner that was surviving on credit cards now has a hard time (if possible) to file for bankruptcy. The only thing needed is to raise the cost of something that everything in the US needs to survive. Fuel, this puts our country over the edge.
The above is more then enough to devastate our country....but then he did have a lot of help. Lets look at McCain's history a little bit: He was one of the last in his class at Annapolis MD Naval school. The only thing that kept him afloat was the fact that his father was a retired admiral. He called the commander of the base and (IM sure in very stern words) instructed him to get his son some help. So, his room mate was ordered to pick up the slack for McCain so he graduated 5th from last in his class of 900 people. It is theorized that he start the fire aboard a ship by stoking his engine in hopes of frightening a friend. This caused the death of 167 crew members. He is captured during the war and gets the nickname of "Song Bird" by the rest of the inmates. Some of the information he volunteered to the NV were flight patterns and ship locations causing 63 jets to be shot down. In congress he is involved in the largest scandal in Us history. (Keating5) He also has ties to Ayers of which he is bashing Obama for. Lets look a little at education if I have space: Educational Background:
Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.) vs. McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899 Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism GPA 2.2
More recently, He has been on the running platform of "stay the course", the economy is good. Sure the economy is good for him. Hes gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tax breaks. But then after much criticism. He changed it to "change in Washington". He has slandered and libeled his opponent that is making his previous constituents jump ship. Becuase of his arrogance, lies and innuendos. This is not a professional way to act. Its more like a clown that is desperately wanting to take his position rather then letting democracy reign in the free world.
On his campaign team and used to be chief advisor, with the confirmed appointment of Secretary of the Treasury if McCain is elected is Phil Gramm. Phil Gramm if you didn't know, is the one that got America into the mess it's in. He forced the passing of one bill and one amendment that has destroyed the financial status of America. They both were done with little regard for standard procedure. The first was done by drawing up and 11000 page document and waiting. With hours left before congresses Christmas break. He introduced it and demanded a vote. First hardly anyone was there to contest it. Secondly, No one could read an 11000 page document and comprehend its true meaning. So, they went by Phil Gramms word. The legislation that was passed is what created the loophole for Enron to do there dirty work. Ultimately, devastating American and international investors, Taxpayers and the employees. As a show of good faith, his wife was given an executive position with Enron which earned her 1.8 million dollars. The second was an amendment to a bill that was introduced. This allowed these big bankers to rape and pillage the American home owner. It allowed people like Rolland Arnold to do what he did with Ameriquest:
Several years ago there was a fellow Roland Arnall, He owned Ameriquest Mortgage company. His company was the scum of the mortgage world. They originated hundreds of thousands of loans that ultimately resulted in catastrophic financial situations for there clients, at a minimum they lost there homes. They were caught and shut down t'wards the end of the refinance boom (good timing hu?). There was an investigation. Knowing there was no way out of it (because of the flagrant disregard to the law), he turned to his buddy George Bush. They had a meeting the morning of the court hearing. The owner of Ameriquest agreed to a 320 million dollar fine (the largest in history at the time). In doing so, George Bush made him the ambassador to the Netherlands.
Now let me break this down for you:
Rolands company originated hundreds of thousands of loans with the use of fraud (this doesn't mean a selected few), this was the start of the record foreclosures. One offense like this could get any mortgage broker 10 years in prison. I did the math for my state alone. Now keep in mind this is only the people that filed a complaint against the company. That meant out of the 320 million for the people (in the state of Michigan) that filed a complaint against the company, they received 600.00. Now the afternoon after the announcement of his appointment as ambassador to the Netherlands. He was questioned by a reporter about the big fine his company recieved. Roland laughed. The reason is because he made 70 million dollars a month net with his company.
Then you have the dozen or so other lobbyists on his campaign team. Something which should be outlawed and has been put before congress in the past.
You also have to realize the fact that hes WAY past his prime. Hes border lining dementia, he looks as though hes suffering from a stroke.
I just don't see it. I'm sorry to inform you but the Republicans your mommy and Daddy were so fond of haven't been in office for years. The Neoconservative in office now are for the elitists that would never frequent a forum like this. So that leaves the tax break. I hate to break this to you too. Whoever gets into office has no choice but to raise taxes. I dont care if McCain tells you hes going to eliminate taxes. He's lieing. Get smart.