the big picture
A lot can happen between now and election day and a lot probably will, but I think it's a pretty fair bet to say unless something really big happens, we're going to get four more years of Mr. Obama. I'm not thrilled by that, by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm hoping that if that's the outcome of the election, both Republicans and Democrats realize that the course of divisive politics we've been on for the last four years just isn't going to cut it anymore.
Another term for Mr. Obama makes him a lame duck President by default. He can't run again. If we allowed for more than two terms, I'd vote for Bill Clinton again in a nanosecond. Anyway, because Mr. Obama can't run again, that means in four years, we're going to get two brand new choices. Mr. Romeny, if not elected, is done. I think clearly, that while Mr. Romney may be a good businessman, he's not all that great of a politician. You can't be all things to all people; good leaders know that. I also think that Americans want our President to stand for something.
I can't tell you what Mr. Romeny stands for past tax cuts we can't afford, and drill, baby, drill. Except he wants to repeal "Obamacare" and replace it with something else. Um, what? I like it that in 2014 people are gonna start being forced to buy health insurance. I just think it should be one insurance pool that everybody in America is in (think single payer), but that's another argument for another day, and I want to get back on track.
Politics isn't business, although the business of politics is lucrative for those that are good at it. I don't think Mr. Romney is a good politician. But he can make money. And that's where I'm kind of headed with this post.
Mr Romney paid a 14.1% effective tax rate on his earnings in 2011. Mine was higher because I worked for mine; he made his from investment income, which is taxed lower. I don't agree with that philosophy, but that makes Mr. Romney a so called "Job Creator". And if he's good enough in business to be a job creator, then maybe what Mr. Romeny could do is quit spending mad amounts of money to get a job he's not gonna be all that good at and start creating jobs.
Unemployment is high. Folks want to work but can't, and Mr. Romney is caught on tape telling a story about looking to buy a factory in China. My father-in-law lives in Richmond, Indiana. There is lots of empty factory space around there. Granted, we're not gonna tolerate dorms at the factory and barbed wire and guards to keep people, well in his description, "out" because it's so good to work in those conditions, for a pittance (his words, not mine). But why not figure out a way to start a business in America, and build this country.
Mr. Romney made $21 Million dollars last year. In a year. He paid two in taxes, gave to charity, but I'm thinking that what's left over provides a pretty decent lifestyle for two "empty-nesters". How much money do two people need to live on each year. What I'm saying is that if Mr. Romney is the patriotic American he is, why isn't he investing that money back into jobs for Americans?
He's the prime example of what's wrong with this country. So much wealth, but where's the reinvestment into American jobs? We hear a lot about job creators, but why aren't they creating jobs in this country?
We've transitioned from being an agricultural economy, to an industrial economy, to a service-based economy, but when folks don't have money, the service based economy suffers (high unemployment). If we turn our focus back on manufacturing, and start paying folks living wages, our service providers benefit. If we get rid of the idiotic idea that employers are responsible for healthcare once and for all, that's going to free up money for jobs, too. But we need the investment from those that have all the money to do that, and we need to stop and admit, once and for all, that the desire to make money is a good thing, but once and for all, that greed isn't good.
A rising tide lifts all boats. And if Mr. Romeny and his $50,000 a plate lunch buddies started taking their role in society seriously again, we'd be fine. Maybe being President isn't going to work out for him, but I'd surely be more proud of Mr. Romeny in the role of CEO of a manufacturing company in the midwest that opened an old factory and put Americans back to work.
To me, that's more of an act of American patriotism than wanting the job of running the country.
But that's just my opinion.
Another term for Mr. Obama makes him a lame duck President by default. He can't run again. If we allowed for more than two terms, I'd vote for Bill Clinton again in a nanosecond. Anyway, because Mr. Obama can't run again, that means in four years, we're going to get two brand new choices. Mr. Romeny, if not elected, is done. I think clearly, that while Mr. Romney may be a good businessman, he's not all that great of a politician. You can't be all things to all people; good leaders know that. I also think that Americans want our President to stand for something.
I can't tell you what Mr. Romeny stands for past tax cuts we can't afford, and drill, baby, drill. Except he wants to repeal "Obamacare" and replace it with something else. Um, what? I like it that in 2014 people are gonna start being forced to buy health insurance. I just think it should be one insurance pool that everybody in America is in (think single payer), but that's another argument for another day, and I want to get back on track.
Politics isn't business, although the business of politics is lucrative for those that are good at it. I don't think Mr. Romney is a good politician. But he can make money. And that's where I'm kind of headed with this post.
Mr Romney paid a 14.1% effective tax rate on his earnings in 2011. Mine was higher because I worked for mine; he made his from investment income, which is taxed lower. I don't agree with that philosophy, but that makes Mr. Romney a so called "Job Creator". And if he's good enough in business to be a job creator, then maybe what Mr. Romeny could do is quit spending mad amounts of money to get a job he's not gonna be all that good at and start creating jobs.
Unemployment is high. Folks want to work but can't, and Mr. Romney is caught on tape telling a story about looking to buy a factory in China. My father-in-law lives in Richmond, Indiana. There is lots of empty factory space around there. Granted, we're not gonna tolerate dorms at the factory and barbed wire and guards to keep people, well in his description, "out" because it's so good to work in those conditions, for a pittance (his words, not mine). But why not figure out a way to start a business in America, and build this country.
Mr. Romney made $21 Million dollars last year. In a year. He paid two in taxes, gave to charity, but I'm thinking that what's left over provides a pretty decent lifestyle for two "empty-nesters". How much money do two people need to live on each year. What I'm saying is that if Mr. Romney is the patriotic American he is, why isn't he investing that money back into jobs for Americans?
He's the prime example of what's wrong with this country. So much wealth, but where's the reinvestment into American jobs? We hear a lot about job creators, but why aren't they creating jobs in this country?
We've transitioned from being an agricultural economy, to an industrial economy, to a service-based economy, but when folks don't have money, the service based economy suffers (high unemployment). If we turn our focus back on manufacturing, and start paying folks living wages, our service providers benefit. If we get rid of the idiotic idea that employers are responsible for healthcare once and for all, that's going to free up money for jobs, too. But we need the investment from those that have all the money to do that, and we need to stop and admit, once and for all, that the desire to make money is a good thing, but once and for all, that greed isn't good.
A rising tide lifts all boats. And if Mr. Romeny and his $50,000 a plate lunch buddies started taking their role in society seriously again, we'd be fine. Maybe being President isn't going to work out for him, but I'd surely be more proud of Mr. Romeny in the role of CEO of a manufacturing company in the midwest that opened an old factory and put Americans back to work.
To me, that's more of an act of American patriotism than wanting the job of running the country.
But that's just my opinion.
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