Having had time to reflect now for a couple weeks on this tremendous victory for us all, my heart and soul are still rejoicing.
If Obama's campaign is any evidence of his ability to help put this country back on track, than we are all in for a pleasant ride.
Do not get me wrong, it will not happen over night. After all it has taken years to get to this broken point.
My faith has been restored in the Democratic system that we live in. I knew there would be a breaking point that we would reach. And, the people of this country have spoken and have spoken loudly.
Hopefully we can come full circle now and restore ourselves with the best health care, best schools, good roads, clean water, good jobs, good treatment of our veterans etc.....
It strikes me as funny when I read that people will bring up statistics on the poorest 20% and show how they pay negative amounts of tax money.
I find this interesting because when you pay people what amounts to "slave wages" and then throw out that they don't pay their fair share of taxes, I have to scratch my head and ask myself, are they for real????
The people who make these low wages are the same people that service us daily in hard working professions. Waiters, newspaper men, Walmart and Grocery store clerks etc.....
History has shown that when greed overtakes a fundamentaly good system, then it will need to be tweeked by the masses(the middle class) to keep it in check.
Americans are by and large good, hardworking people, but at some point they will not tolerate a system that rewards only the wealthy. That is not what our country was founded on at all.
Our country was founded on oppurtunity yes, but it was not founded on taking advantage of people. Once we got rid of slavery, those days were supposed to be over.
I am not socialist, but I do have a problem when people throw around the term "hard work". I believe a busy business excutive works hard, but so does a garbage man. And, believe me, someone has to pick up the garbage.
It is all how you perceive what "hard work" is.
When you have a society that does not reward "hard work" with fair wages(decent wages that one can truly live on and see some benefits from), wages that can and do keep up with inflation etc....eventually you will have a broken system. This is what we are currently encountering.
In America right now we have a class of people that are getting wealthy(this class is growing) and we have a poor class of people(this class is growing as well). When this happens your middle starts to dwindle away.
We will not remain a great country if we continue to allow our strong base of middle class dwindle away into poverty, while the wealthy get wealthier. If we do, we will become no different than other third world countrys that have no middle class.
Enough about that! I am celebrating that as Americans, more people came out to vote this time around than ever. People came together and many did not vote on single issues. But rather, voted on the big picture.
I don't know if Barak can fix all the problems he has inherited, but he was definitley the best choice IMHO. I love that he has a sense of calm about him and an air of maturity, patience and a true willingness to listen to those who may know more than he does.
Perhaps History will write that Barak was the one that truly united this great country.
Perhaps it will be written that Barak was the one that truly broke down the walls of division and brought us together again.
All I can do is have hope, because lets face it, it has not been a pretty picture of late.
I will celebrate this moment and hope for the best.
I love my country and my fellow Americans and I am once again filled with the hope that this country will be a wonderful place for my children and someday grandchildren to live.
Thank you for starting this thread!
Elizabeth
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quote:Originally posted by mynewname: ree advice: Divest from the US market and buy precious commodities like gold and silver cuz hyperinflation is right around the corner kids. Mark my words, where is the money going to come from, not the rich. It's gone. So you're looking at printing more and more and more and more money. Just ask your average Zimbabwean how that's working out for them.
Tonight you voted in the wrong kind of change and sealed your fate. SSA - Socialist States of America. Unemployment to hit 15% at least, world recession due to guess what? Anyone know the truth about Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac?
You are saying this as if all these problems are the fault of the newly elected leaders who aren't even in there yet! Who's at fault for lowering the interest rates (translation: printing money) and bringing on hyperinflation? --hint- It's clear that it sure isn't the "democratic" party, which at this point is actually much closer to the 'republicans' than to the Socialists! And what about unemployment? gee nubya tush and corpany are the ones who were ...'presiding' over the ramming through of ..'globalization'.., aren't they? Yes, we need change. Real change. Maybe if I get lyme again, I'll be able to be treated! That sure won't be the case if things don't change!!
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