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Dear Mr. President
YaadPyar:
Nice story Fernly. I believe it to be 100% true. It's a shame that power and virtue are so incompatible in our world these days.
David:
It is a real shame that you must be ultra rich to be President. None of these guys has any concept of what it means to work and struggle for a living. The last President who cared about the working man was Jimmy Carter. But because he was a inexperienced and a nice guy, Washington ate him up and spit him out.
Social Security? Medicare? They should be ashamed of themselves for turning their backs on our Senior citizens. But what do they care? All of them get great retirement benefits and massive pensions. Not that they need any of them. They are all rich from their fat salaries, investments in companies that they did business with when in office, plus fat donations from "Paid Lobbyist".
Big business is encouraged to outsource our jobs to China and Mexico. 60% of all working class has no medical insurance. Most big companies only hire part time to avoid giving out insurance or pensions. And those who have good jobs with insurance and a pension, get laid off before they can ever reach that point.
Yup, thanks to guys like George W, the American Dream is just that. A dream. :'(
Amber:
Amazing lyrics and amazing article. It's everything that's wrong with politics and leadership today. There really needs to be a grassroots movement of your everyday "normal" non-rich citizens running for office. It doesn't matter which party you stand with, or whether you stand with one at all - it's always hard to see a "leader" in someone who has never experienced even one second of your life - working for money, climbing career ladders, struggling to raise your children, dealing with pollution in your town, figting for civil rights - whatever it is you are doing. Hardly any of today's politicians have experienced this and it makes it hard for us to look up to them and it makes it hard for them to have any credence. Maybe one day it will change ... maybe.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on July 11, 2006, 08:54:57 pm ---It is a real shame that you must be ultra rich to be President. None of these guys has any concept of what it means to work and struggle for a living. The last President who cared about the working man was Jimmy Carter. But because he was a inexperienced and a nice guy, Washington ate him up and spit him out.
Social Security? Medicare? They should be ashamed of themselves for turning their backs on our Senior citizens. But what do they care? All of them get great retirement benefits and massive pensions. Not that they need any of them. They are all rich from their fat salaries, investments in companies that they did business with when in office, plus fat donations from "Paid Lobbyist".
Big business is encouraged to outsource our jobs to China and Mexico. 60% of all working class has no medical insurance. Most big companies only hire part time to avoid giving out insurance or pensions. And those who have good jobs with insurance and a pension, get laid off before they can ever reach that point.
Yup, thanks to guys like George W, the American Dream is just that. A dream. :'(
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You're right David. It is JUST A DREAM.
A pipe dream.
And President Bush couldn't care less.
I read that message fernly posted just above yours. It doesn't surprise me at all. Not at all. >:(
Does President Bush care that my Medical Insurance costs me nearly 20% of my paycheck (and this is BEFORE taxes)? Probably not.
Does he care that dozens of innocent Iraqis are being slaughtered every day because of this illegal war? Of course not.
Does he care that over 2,500 of our American men and women and hundreds of coalition men and women have been killed because of his war? I doubt it.
Does he care that Americans are now hated in every country of the world (including here in the U.S.) and this hate continues to grow every day? Of course he doesn't.
Does he care that he is denying rights and privileges to to millions of Americans simply because of HIS religious beliefs? He doesn't care.
Does he care that millions of Americans are living on the streets (and millions of others are one paycheck from it) while he continues his facist and greedy grip on his country and the rest of the world? Nope!
Does he care that he is refusing rights to several of my close friends who have been together for 20 years or more simply because he feels it is neccessary to "protect the sactity of marriage"? He couldn't care less.
Does he care that the poorer in the U.S. continue to get poorer while the rich continue to get rich because of his policies? It probably never crosses his mind.
Does he care that our unfair American Foreign Policy has oppressed billions of people around the world? No, he doesn't care.
Does he care that Congress has done next to NOTHING this year, and in spite of this, felt compelled to give themselves ANOTHER raise, while denying a simple increase in the minimum wage to millions of working Americans? We all know he doesn't care.
I am not a very political person, and I will be the first to admit I know very little about it.
But I know what I know.....
And I know Mr. Bush doesn't give a shit about us. >:(
Bucky:
Folks there is something we can do about Bush's unlimited power this November and that is to help vote his party out of control in Congress. If his party loses control of the House of Representatives which they could because all of the House members are up for re-election in November at least he couldn't do as much damage to the disenfranchised and the minorities that he is doing now. The Iraq war just keeps on dragging on and on, he wanted wanted to privatize Social Security and Medicare and the elderly be damned was his philosophy as his parents are very wealthy.
Also his social conservative base(conservative Christians) just keep screaming that we are going to hell and the hate groups keep on growing and we have never done anything to these people. They hate us because we exist. While the opposition party may not be our best friends they are a whole lot better than the President's party. It is the only way we can limit his power to rule over this country unconditionally. I am not trying to be political but what I said about the Congressional elections this November makes sense.
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