Politics '12

[akale]

I don't like discussing politics, and so I rarely make public posts regarding the topic. However, today, I dealt with a situation on a social network that required additional commentary. If you aren't interested in reading about my view on politics, and/or specifically, the topic as it pertains to the current election cycle in the US, feel free to

Comments

[lil_cherub]

Its good to be an independent, I am too. I don't fall into either party bucket. Why? Because I actually read the news and I think for myself. I would love a third party to form which represents me. I am also fiscally conservative, however, perhaps just socially moderate. I say moderate because I'm pro-life, against abortion as birth control, but I'm fine with abortions for rape/incest/mother's life and genetic issues. And because gay marriage is an issue that is just not important to me

[akale]

It sounds like we both definitely fall into the same camp Becca. Cats and dogs will rain from the sky the day another party comes to fruition

[lil_cherub]

I admit, I sometimes forget about the layoffs in 2006. We had several cuts at BMC and we all started to take on multiple roles. I'm sure that's still the case across most of the country. Companies have been slow to rehire since the work is still getting done. It basically forced companies to re-evaluate their workflows and see where they could be saving on labor. Overall, its not really a bad thing from a business perspective. We can debate the 5M jobs created, but its really a moot point. We still have a high unemployment either way and its far from the 5.4% promised

[akale]

*fail* I was writing a reply, was almost finished, and accidentally used a keyboard shortcut moving my browser window back a window.

In short, I agree with you that the next President has a huge job ahead of them. I don't agree that the government has any control over net new job growth in private industry. The only jobs they can manipulate are the ones within their own walls. Lowering (or stabilizing) taxes for corporations and people will help drive innovation and investment to create new jobs. Negotiating better energy deals with the countries we import from will also help lower expenses, facilitating investment.

The industries will dictate what students should focus on; it wasn't a Liberal Arts major who put Armstrong on the moon, or the Rover Curiosity on Mars.

We can pretend to President all we want, but in the end, none of us know what happens behind closed doors in the White House. All we have is a vote.

I'm finally starting to lean toward the challenger, but it's not going to be an easy vote.

[mamababushka]

Totally agree. I actually registered republican so i could vote for Ron Paul in the primaries - stupid rules, you should be able to vote for whoever you want, regardless of your party association - which technically in this day and age neither rep. or dem. really means much anymore. 99% of politicians are puppets