Let’s hear what John McCain has to say…he did something Barack didn’t do, he served our country and nearly paid the ultimate price for that service!

The solution always seemed like an easy one to me. In the trade deals (NAFTA), nations should have been required to meet certain wage expectations, lifting all boats so to speak and proportional to their cost of living. Tariffs would still be required, but smaller.

I just blogged about the Republican idea that reducing or eliminating all business taxes encourages hiring and job growth. It sounds good, except those same corporations will import low wage workers or hire illegal ones, and not pay taxes to boot.

I guess if I had to disagree with anything you wrote, it would be the final question of your article. It lends legitimacy to the myth Republicans actually have anything to offer, looking at where we are economically. With the devalued dollar we raised gas prices, which in turned raised the price of everything else, world wide. And with deregulation, the mortgage industry collapsed investments from other countries, making everything even worse. So much for neo-liberalism/neoconservativism.

Off topic, but again, I like to call them as I see them. “Free Lunch” by David Cay Johnston exposed the truth and finally convinced me free markets are part of the conservative mythology.

One final thought. Government can spur the new economy, green collar jobs perhaps, by encouraging an age of entrepreneurship with tax credits and single payer health care.

Again, good article.

I’m going to vote for Obama even though I also wonder how sincere he really is. But we know for sure that McSame will do nothing for the middle class. Time for a change, and maybe even a little “hope”.