mwleach:Now, what Lincoln apparently DID say was this:
"Property is the fruit of labor..
This sort of robust individualism fit pretty well a hundred or so years ago but we're now in the 21st Century. I accepted the Governor's invitation to examine the annual report for XOM and learned that a lot of fruit -- $40 billion -- had been distributed to the share holders in the year reported (2006). Exactly where is the labor in that fruit? I also read that 'profits' had nearly trebled (from about 12% to around 35%) with Bush and Cheney in the White House. If that's 'fruit of labor' the task must have been the selling of them to the American public in the first place. Or so it seems to me.
Also, you wrote:
I caution all to keep an eye on the national debt. Anyone with eyes that see can easily see that the American people have been sold out by those in Washington. Ready for Change?
Ready for change? Sure. Ready for Obama style change? No. is
Do you REALLLY think a President Obama, along with a strong Democrat majority in BOTH houses of Congress, is going to produce a SMALLER federal deficit?
We're probably both mindful that Clinton was the last one to balance the budget. We both know that Bush and company have expressed no concern about the deficit -- in fact have pushed tax cuts that resulted in an increase in the deficit. I'm surmising that he's not been concerned because he and his cronys have been making out like bandits. What's your take on this?
If so, there are bridges galore that you may be interested in purchasing ;-) Regards.
I understand your attempt to be humorous and it may be that you have nothing better to offer. But perhaps I misunderstood you. Please set me straight if that's so.
Also, it's often the case that people disagree when they are working from different bases of information. Let me share some of what I picked up today:
Obama on national debt
"The cost of our debt is one of the fastest growing expenses in the federal budget. This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and states of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees; robbing our families and our children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on ... If Washington were serious about honest tax relief in this country, we'd see an effort to reduce our national debt by returning to responsible fiscal policies." - Barack Obama, Speech in the U.S. Senate, March 13, 2006
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
obama debt video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaWiI_sM0c
Bill Moyer, Where does the money go? National Debt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBazBcOD_4&feature=related
National Debt- How Much Is A Billion Dollars? Dave Walker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um0guhNGPPM&feature=related
