Jane; 1st let me say how truely wonderful it is to be back here…. and I think the power of places like this will help us get through these difficult times.

Your article is soooooo right on…. this is the exact arguement/discussion that took place over xmas dinner…. I was out of my mind, in that most did not get it. They don’t see the greed, just call it growth… I worry we as a country do less and less for ourselves and then complain that people don’t work…. (catch-22) We have other countries supplying us with cheap labor and our energy source. We have fewer and fewer jobs for people to make a decent living and be able to be contributors and not takers.

I don’t mind paying my taxes, but for god’s sake let’s at least have a say in how’s it’s managed…… cut out the crap. No more raises for the public officials until the debt is paid off….. and no more vacations until our troops are home safe.

Sorry, it’s late and I’m rambling…. I share a lot of what Allison is feeling.

So far Jane, there’s nobody I want to vote for. There’s no one, in my mind, who seems strong enough to take the country off the disaster course. The problems are so huge. How are we going to get out of a 9 trillion dollar debt? It’s astronomical!! Even if we raised taxes, the debt will take several decades to pay off!

Now we’ve got people wanting to add universal health care?!? DOn’t get me wrong. I understand there’s a crises out there. I have a mother who would not get by if not for her kids, including me. But the money’s got to come from somewhere, and somehow adding another trillion dollars to the debt seems like a really piss poor solution.