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[elbrookman]

if term limits are good for the president, governors, and mayors, why is it not good for senators to have term limits? would you introduce legislation to hold the senate to the same standard?

[rotarsky]

It's "Shaheen", not "Sheehan".

[Kras3169]

You dont wanna limit trade, you wanna increase it. The problem is we have nothing to trade b/c our companies make money off of services, not from manufacturing goods so we have nothing to offer. We're not abusing our freedoms as you say, the problem is just the opposite...too much government intervention. Govt intervention caused the current mortgage crisis thanks to sub-prime lending, the Fed lowering interest rates causes inflation, bailouts cause inflation, high taxes causes outsourcing.

[Kras3169]

You say unemployment is high b/c corporations dont wanna pay high prices for labor, but you also support increasing taxes. The reason companies outsource is b/c of high prices, why would you further the damage by making corporations pay even more in taxes? What incentive does that give a business to keep jobs here? You seem to be confusing trade and outsourcing. If we actually manufactured our own goods, we'd have things to trade with other countries and to sell to them to make money.

[Kras3169]

The value of the American dollar has nothing to do with outsourcing. The value of the dollar declines from the other thing you said: "We take loans from other countries and then use that money to buy things from them." This was an argument of Ron Paul's during the Primary. We take a loan, use the loan, but we have no money to pay the loan back...more debt. The Fed is printing money to pay for the bailouts which causes more inflation, so the value of the dollar goes down even more!

[Kras3169]

Actually, current national debt is over $10.6 trillion, so we are already into $10 trillion. You say we need more government involvement when government is what got us into the mess in the first place. You may recall the housing boom during the Clinton administration. Banks were encouraged to give sub-prime loans to people who didn't qualify for regular loans, and those people ended up being incapable of paying their mortgages. End result, the housing bubble today making banks bankrupt.

[mechdude7]

Unemployment is so damn high because of the fact that American corporations do not wish to pay such a "high" price for labor when people in 3rd world countries will do it for less than half. We need to limit the trade that we do with other countries. If we didn't have our own companies outsourcing, there would be more jobs, which in turn leads to a better economy, which would allow them to bring currency out of circulation to raise the value of our dollar. In short, we're abusing our freedoms

[mechdude7]

Well, first of all, we're not quite into $10 trillion yet, and God forbid we ever get that far. But raising taxes allows the government to gain the necessary funds to make the changes needed. I believe that right now more government involvement is going to be required before the average citizen sees noticeable changes. The American dollar wouldn't be so low if we weren't outsourcing half of our work. We take loans from other countries, and then use that money to buy things from them.

[Kras3169]

if we REALLY wanted to get out of this mess, we'd need to make REAL changes. end the wars costing $1 trillion/year, bring home all the troops on military bases around the world (stop policing the globe), get out of foreign alliances (NAFTA, United Nations), end trade embargos, abolish the FED which is negatively manipulating the market, end the war on drugs costing $50 billion/year, end the Patriot Act and FISA. Big government costs big money. i'm fiscally conservative but socially liberal.

[Kras3169]

The problem is thanks to the past 8 years, unemployment is high, prices are already too high, etc. Raising taxes on a country already struggling doesn't make sense to me (unless he really does just raise it for people making $250K+ a year). We are already in about $10 trillion of debt. Those bailouts cause inflation b/c the FED just prints the money, so the value of the dollar goes down even more. The value of the dollar isn't going up any time soon.

[mechdude7]

I don't consider him to be a hero at all. But I do believe he is the only one with a solid-enough plan to bring us out of the deficit. If higher taxes mean better living 4 years from now, then so be it. The American dollar will be back on top, but it's going to take a lot of sacrifice from everybody. And that's what Obama is about. He's about uniting the country to accomplish something for ourselves. That's his message; Yes we can. And I have an immense respect for that.

[Kras3169]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize my brother was signed in on that "presidentialsh1t" user name. If you wish to respond, please respond to this user name. Keep in mind, I'm angry at the situation this country is in and pretty much at the government as a whole. I'm not cursing at you in particular. I used to be a Democrat until Ron Paul ran for office. While I considered Obama the lesser of two evils, I don't see him being the hero everyone believes him to be.