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Roselaure -> RE: my hope for President Obama and this country (11/8/2008 10:55:40 AM)
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ORIGINAL: bestbabync
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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u
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ORIGINAL: bestbabync
i so hope that President Obama succeeds in making this country the best that it can be.
the US was once the best in the world at everything and being that again would be nice. we were not number one by accident. it happened because every single citizen worked hard and took pride in their own successes which in turn made our country great.
if only President Obama will use his gift to inspire everyone to work hard, to conserve, to penny pinch, to knuckle down, roll up their sleeves and not pull our country down by running to the trothe everytime we experience a financial set back. social programs should be reserved for the weak, the sick and the children. wall street should bite the damn bullet, cut the unnecessary wasteful spending and tighten their damn belts like us working class will be doing. it will take all of us, not just wall street and not just main street.
the tax and spend policies must end and now! if our taxes must go up to pay our debt and to keep our country safe so be it. but i beg President Obama to get rid of the deficits and balance the budget. if this is not accomplished, i am so afraid our nation will be destroyed from within. our suffering may be giving up our cell phones, gas guzzling vehicles, vacations, other play toys etc. but we all have to be willing to sacrafice.
we are in a recession. why keep sucking from the government money it doesn't have???
I'm confused what tax and spend policies are you speaking of.Certainly not anything that has take place over the last 8 years,what we had from the Bush administration was a cut-tax's and spend policy.Quite frankly it was government for the rich by the rich....so before you decry those looking to the publc trough,lets first redress the inequities of the Bush administration.
Suprising post from you bestbaby,after weeks of listening to you decry the prospects of an Obama Presidency,you now speak of his "gift" and plead him to use it in a responsible way.Have no fear though as Presient Elect said on election night he hears you too....I'm not sue though ,given your priorities and the repulsion you seem to feel for social government programs you are going to like the answer.One way or another he will tick you off,compassionate government does seem to strike conservative leaning people like yourself the wrong way.
tell me how in the hell am i supposed to support our new president surrounded by negative people like you? if i am not mistaken i have expressed my disappointment in the bush administration many times in these forums. i will not agree with or support the tax & spend policies of any administration. social programs are necessary, but these programs should not drain an already broken economy. i think we all agree our economy is on a downward spiral. so, i was simply saying that i believe we can save our economy and ourselves by working together. what is wrong with everyone making sacrifices to guarantee our future? we should not lay down and wait for the damn train to run us over!
i am capable of admitting that i may have been mistaken. this past week i watched President Elect Obama speak to millions. all of those people seemed to look to him for a solution. so it occurred to me that he has a chance to rescue our nation by inspiring each and every one of us to accept the responsibility of preventing or lessen the blow of this much predicted recession/depression.
yes it will repluse me to watch this country go broke while wall street and main street are sucking her dry!
If what you need to be supportive is the notion that we were once a perfect country and how wonderful it would be if someone could lead us back there, then you may have a problem. We are an imperfect nation made up of imperfect people. But we can be better as a people, and individually, and I hope that Obama can lead us all in that direction. I am an American, and I love my country. I also see clearly the flaws in this country. And if people like you believe I should leave because of it, well, that's not gonna happen, sweet thing. I'm staying!
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