tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7632940267826655005..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: What is "the change we can believe in?"Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-34307934350853296232011-07-29T11:37:49.731-05:002011-07-29T11:37:49.731-05:00To quote Smartypants, "the long game is to st...To quote Smartypants, "the long game is to stick to pragmatic policies that work". Really? What exactly would those successful policies be? We've spent Trillions "stimulating" the economy, repaving perfectly good roads and overhauling healthcare which was going to create 2 million new jobs within three years, where are they? Unemployment is at a 30 year high and shows no sign of improving anytime soon, GDP growth is barely keeping up with inflation, we're now in a third war in Libya and POTUS wants to keep spending like nothing is wrong! Worse yet is there is no vision, no plan to invigorate the economy or encourage business to invest here. Rather we talk about the same tired points, raise taxes on corporations as if that will incentivize them to spend more to build factories here. <br /><br />Bottomline for me, when POTUS was elected my wife and I were both employed and made $170k/year between us. Today we're both unemployed with two kids and a mortgage. I've had all of the "Change I Can Believe In" that I can stomach. Just to be clear, I don't see anyone on the right who inspires me either so this is not motivated in any way by partisan beliefs. Currently the GOP and Tea Party dingbats have their heads so far up their collective asses that I'm starting to worry that America's best days really are behind us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com