Same old McCain
I am watching the third and final American presidential candidate debate of 2008 right now as I write this post. Once again, McCain refuses to speak to the typical middle class voter. He just doesn’t get it. Here he is talking bout how he wants to help Joe the plumber buy into this plumbing business. What he doesn’t realize is that the average person doesn’t give a shit about some guy who wants to buy into a plumbing business. Hell, I’m a business owner myself and I don’t even give a shit.
John McCain should be speaking directly to the average American who works for a typical company in the United States. Those people represent the majority of Americans. He is not going to gain any more votes by telling the want-to-be-business-owner that a McCain presidency would benefit him.
Another absolutely stupid proposal that both candidates support is the Federal Government renegotiating mortgages for people who bought homes they could not afford. Lets call it by its real name, welfare. Where do we stop? It is as ridiculous as reimbursing someone for a loss on a stock they purchased. If I could get the government to reimburse me for some of my worst stock purchases, I might be a millionaire myself. It is absolute idiocy. I say, let the homes foreclose. Let the market readjust those housing prices downward to where they find price support. If someone has to move out from a half million dollar home into a cheap apartment to survive, so be it. I wanted to upgrade my home over the last few years too. I didn’t do it because my wife and I can’t afford it and didn’t want to live beyond our means. Maybe these people should have made the same rational decision.
Some of the points that McCain was able to successfully point out were:
* Spending in washington is out of control
* Senator Obama lied during his campaign
* Obama did not keep his promises to his own campaign supporters
* Obama has spent record numbers of money on negative attack ads running this camaign
McCain should never get himself into a position where he is trying to speak to the average American. I just don’t think he is a capable of it. He just plain sucks at it. What he does excel at is pointing out how although Barack Obama’s proposals sound nice, they come with significant burdens.
It is evident that unless some major event occurs in the meantime MCCain is going to lose the election. I fear an Obama presidency will usher in another Jimmy Carter style presidency. Maybe four years of shit is what this country really needs to be set back on course again.
Dear Fellow Common Senser:
I agree with you on the home mortgage reduction plan. Unbelievable. Not only is it equivalent to welfare, it is just ripe for fraud. The problem is that Senator McCain has the “inside-the-beltway” mentality and doesn’t even know what is going on in the lives of regular people. One of the best things he could have done as a senator during the recent bailout is to force the banks to give something back to the people, especially those who don’t have mortgages, but will be paying for the bailout. Does he even realize that the banks are now charging up to 33% interest on credit cards. That used to be known as usury. He could have tied the bailout to the banks lowering their maximum rate to 18% and getting rid of ATM fees. This is something everyone can understand. Another opportunity is approaching with talk of the new stimulus package creation. The Democrats are not thinking of the little guy at all, but only special interest concerns. The Republicans are sort of thinking of him, but not to the extent that would make any short term change for the upcomming Christmas buying season. Why not return to the old tax code provision for two years that allowed us to deduct our credit card (and other) interest payments from our taxes. I don’t quite understand how funding alternative sources of energy is going to help the economy in the immediate future, which is where the problem is. Just some food for thought.
Eugenia