tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post6610650697086663446..comments2023-07-19T05:26:41.766-07:00Comments on RYviewpoint: Obama Wandering in the WildernessRYviewpointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689453255540643963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post-21834804156355231632011-06-11T12:38:56.045-07:002011-06-11T12:38:56.045-07:00Thomas:
Yep, you're right.
I would prefer th...Thomas:<br /><br />Yep, you're right.<br /><br />I would prefer that he did a kind of WPA and created lots of jobs for the unskilled and young. That's the fastest way to pump money into the economy. And it would let those with the biggest barriers get a leg up with some work experience. There's lots of work to be done from filling potholes, to painting, and cleaning up streets and parks. That kind of work doesn't require a year of planning and engineering work before you can start serious hiring.<br /><br />People should be fighting for lots of hiring at city, county, state, and the federal level (just the opposite of the Republican "strategy"). People should fight for raising the minimum wage. People should be doing everything they can to strengthen the unions. There needs to be a great "get up off the mat and get back into the fight" spirit among the populace.<br /><br />I haven't completely given up on Obama, but I'm really badly disappointed. I still hope he "gets religion" next year when he realizes his job is on the line.<br /><br />I think it is tragic that the Great Recession didn't serve as a springboard for a renewed "American spirit". The Great Depression helped reset the American psyche from the excesses of the "Jazz generation" with all the partying and excesses and worshiping of the rich, to a culture of "the common man". The great books of Steinbeck, Hemingway, and John Dos Passos came out of the resurgence of art for the common man the 1930s.<br /><br />I don't get the feeling that literature and art of today is responding to this era. It seems to me that those on top continue to be the same and they keep calling the same shots, so nothing is changing in the look and feel of things. Too bad.<br /><br />But I'm an eternal optimist... maybe next year.RYviewpointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689453255540643963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post-85927119092469914792011-06-11T09:11:25.129-07:002011-06-11T09:11:25.129-07:00RY;
I got a little upset at the headline I read ...RY; <br /><br />I got a little upset at the headline I read this morning saying that he thinks job growth must come from the private sector.. The only way that will happen will be if the right incentives are used and not tax breaks. but something that will make hiring appear to save tax money.. People will spend money if they think it will save them in taxes. But, it has to come in a form that doesn't say "jobs creation" these people can't know that they are helping the economy.. They don't want to lower the unemployment numbers or in other words shorten the supply of worried bodies that will work for almost any wage. There are many forces at work to keep unemployment high and interest low. They have convinced the American people that inflation is just waiting for a chance to destroy us, so everyone is afraid of spending and the deficit.. Greed has taken over and the suffering of the unemployed and poverty stricken low income workers does not matter to these guys making millions on our current situation. Too bad that the course they have chosen will hurt everyone when things collapse.. Wouldn't it be great if only the sinners paid for their greed and callousness? <br /><br />Obama is just one of the hired hands doing their bidding and may even have his own little stake in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066585661702469034noreply@blogger.com