Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
I don't believe any wants just poor or just rich. I think there is so much corruption in the gubment, corporations, media and unions that we all are in trouble. A start to me would be for the gubment to stop giving away billions, make it desirable for companies to relocate here and take care of this country instead of themselves.
Why not raise the poor by making being on welfare less comfortable? What I mean is its not just unions that are (IMO) a problem. It's the fact that just a month ago your leader attacked rich people and pandered to the poor and gubment assistance folks and promised change from his change for votes. So now what?? Is he gonna raise taxes on us middle class? He said he wouldn't. What if he does? What's that gonna do to the barely middle class or lower middle class? What if healthcare errr I mean insurance errrr I mean Obama reform costs more than he stated? Who pays that?? Think that will help or hurt middle class?
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Yes... Blame for the state of our economy can be shared with just about every aspect of the way we live today, folks who are able to earn their keep should be expected to do so and our government does a lousy job of seeing to that, giving a man a fish does little to encourage him to catch his own... We have folks who need our help and we have folks who will take advantage if we let them and we seem to be happy letting them do so but I don't see that as being the major problem with our economy... Maybe it's my imagination that we have way too many people working everyday jobs and still depending on government programs to fill the gap between what they are getting paid and what they need to live.. There seems to be way too many jobs where the pay scale puts the person below the poverty line and that problem will only get worse the more folks get pushed out of middle class jobs and into lower paying jobs... Were always hearing the talking heads ranting about job creation but creating minimum wage jobs does very little helping with our budget crisis as these jobs result in very little additional tax paid.