As I sit in my Office at this given moment, Andy Harris and Friends stand on the corner of Mill St. and Main Street waving to people passing by and asking for their support.
Unlike Frank Kratovil who has proven time and time again he won't show up here until the very end. I called it months ago and I was exactly right. No one can deny Andy is serious about your vote and wants to make a difference in Congress.
Oh, by the way. I asked him this morning what he felt about the bailout and he said, "it changes every day." He went on to say, "I have a mortgage too, are they going to help me pay mine and every one else's?" The package stinks and the details must be brought forth for anyone to even consider such a thing.
By the way, I hope he leaves soon because the horns honking away are driving me nuts! LOL
Good to see him again...and good to see him against the bailout. It seems completely wrong to me for the government to bail out businesses...isn't that socialism?
ReplyDeleteRemember when you vote in November that it was McCain's economic policies that got us into this mess, and it is McCain who is supposedly "suspending" his campaign to work on the bailout. He suddenly has become a convert to government regulation after 22 years voting otherwise? He might make a good Secretary of State (maybe), but he is not the guy we need right now to get us out of the mess he got us into.
ReplyDeleteAnon 1025 so you're saying that John McCain got us into this mess all by himself? If that's the case why do we need the other 453 members up on The Hill?
ReplyDeleteSomebody get that man a soft crab samich.
ReplyDelete10:25 -- the idea that "deregulation" caused this is completely unsupported by the facts. The reality is that the government pushed the mortgage industry into making loans to people in questionable financial situations. Without government incentives and threats, it's likely that mortgage businesses would have been far, far less invested in subprime loans.
ReplyDeleteyou cant over-look the fact that some folks are loosing their homes because of lost jobs, or had to find jobs where they are making alot less than they did when they first entered their mortage. i firmly believe the root of this problem is job loss.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that deregulation caused this is unsupported by the facts? But then you say the gov't pushed people into mortgages they couldn't afford? Duh, that's the result of deregulation! That, and "trickle down" economics, whereby the wealthy guys (i.e Wall Street) get tax cuts and we get the leftovers. I'm not saying McCain single handedly caused this, what I am saying is that without question, his economic philosophy of 22 years is behind this. the Dems are responsible because they abandoned their principles, but McCain didn't abandon them--this is exactly what he thought was right! And now he suddenly is going to change? Don't bet on it. Obama's plan lowers your taxes, McCain's lowers it for the wealthiest 10%. That isn't left-wing rhetoric, that is a flat-out fact you can find in both of their platforms. Always remember that, and don't let McCain's efforts to distract you from the real issue, the awful economy, affect your vote. If you believe trickle down works, McCain is your guy.
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ReplyDeleteIf you think you have all the right answers, why aren't you running for President?
Look at Congress for your/our problems, not the President and or the Candidates running.
12:33 -- I'm not defending McCain and I'm not a big fan of his at all, so don't try and pin his numerous flaws on me.
ReplyDeleteContending that deregulation is behind this indicates that you don't know much about deregulation. When the government both gives incentives to companies to give mortgages to people who are financially unstable and threatens to punish them if they do not do so, that's not deregulation. That's direct government intervention in the market. When mortgage companies did not want to lend to people with bad finances, the government said "that's redlining!" and threatened to sue. Then they gave these companies incentives to "expand homeownership" through subprime mortgages. Please explain how that's "deregulation."
This crisis has its roots in flawed government policy. The regulations being pushed by some in Congress (including McCain now, unfortunately) will do nothing to help. In fact, it's not too difficult to see that they will likely result in either prolonging our current crisis or will cause another crisis down the road.
i see he is doing a good job.. i just hope he continues his drive and motivation!!!!!!
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