Changing personally means taking shorter-lived mortgages, with bigger down payments... not taking on more debt... And, yes, it means ceasing to view the government as a sugar daddy.
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Obama and Quinn don't seem to looking past the next election. This article indicates that we need to cut the size of government and free up the private sector (where jobs will be developed). I can see Greece coming to Illinois and the US. The Simpson Bolles Deficit Commission had bipartisan support..and I was so disappointed that Pres. Obama refused to support this commission's conclusions. Right now Obama wants to oppose the Keystone Pipeline which would create 20,000 jobs immediately and 500,000 jobs long term and would lead to more energy independence. This would be a compromise to allow for continuation of the Social Security (he calls it Payroll Tax)tax cut. I oppose this tax cut due to the effect on social security which is already in jeopardy financially. I don't see any hope for progress until after the 2012 election which will hopefully bring about a Republican victory at state and federal levels.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing about Ayn Rand. In her later years, when she was sick and dying, she accepted social security and other forms of entitlement programs in order to pay bills and have health insurance.
ReplyDeleteWe must protect our wealthy elites. They are better than us. Republicans will watch over them.
ReplyDeleteObama favors the environmental wackos and screws the unemployed who could get immediate work on the Canadian Pipeline to Texas. 20,000 jobs immmediately and 500,000 jobs eventually. Also, gas prices could be reduced. And he says he is for jobs?????
ReplyDeletePresident Obama prudently slowed down the pipeline. He never said that he wouldn't allow it. The people who are concerned with the environment aren't wackos, they are simply reacting to what they see. we were also told that deep well drilling so close to the gulf coas communities was nothing to be concerned about. That turned out to not be true.
ReplyDeleteThe Republicans placed a random arbitrary timetable on the advancement of the pipeline. No reason to do that but politics. Now they can get people to blog about how President Obama is anti-job. He is above all that noise and well that he is.
If and when the environmental impact studies come back ready to go, so the pipeline will go. 20,000 jobs is the number that the pipeline gives. Independent studies placed the jobs at closer to 5,000.
There is no evidence that this project will reduce gas prices. When the oil companies use the tar sands and refine the oil it won't belong to the US it will belong to the oil company. What guarantee do you or anyone else have that they will sell the oil here? None.
If and when they sell it to Asia we will have seen no benefit. This entire "issue" is nothing more than a talking point for people who want to complain about the President.