Dead Sperm

Prickly issues ...


Republican presidents since Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) have touted the "trickle down" theory of economics wherein the government "stimulates" (simulates?) big business with low or nonexistent taxes and no regulation of how the businesses do business. The benefits of higher employment and greater competition are supposed to trickle down to Joe Sixpack (giggle, wink) and make him prosperous. It has never worked, and I now hear both candidates using the phrase. I am not easily surprised, but those words coming from the mouth of Democratic candidate Barack Obama took me aback! It seems to me these gentlemen (sarcasm) are just a two headed coin when it comes to economic policies, and their basic difference is that John McCain is more closely tied to George W. Bush's pathetic rape of America's middle class taxpayers, along with its working poor, and the ill.

The thing that gets me is the voters keep on believing! They seem to think the marriage of big government and big business will result in better times for them, their families, and the nation. They never realize the consummation is spewing forth nothing but dead sperm in the form of rhetoric, and dead financial sperm will not impregnate their nest eggs!
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If these companies which are receiving the bailout money were troubled manufacturing firms, I might look at it differently. Actually, the businesses benefiting from this giveaway deal only with money; they produce nothing tangible. Do we really need them being as huge as they are?

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Some bad economic news for us again today; one of Carolyn's accounts that depends on the housing market for most of its income is releasing her contract at the end of this month. The above photo is from the plant; Alice will know where it's located. Used to be we could ride these type things out because we could get work from other places. Now, no one is considering our type services. One or more employees will have to be cut back, and they, like us, aren't having it easy anyway.
Two places did call however, want information. One is construction cleanup of the JC Penny addition at the Mall. It has to be performed on weekdays and will be impossible for Carolyn to undertake. The other is a local library looking for a service to fill in on weekends and days when their regular janitor isn't available. She will give it a look, but probably won't be anything she can handle at the moment.
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I wish I could lay the blame at His Majesty's doorstep, but I realize these things are cyclic and redundant. What I can blame on George is the fact that he has done nothing to alleviate the problem. As a matter of fact, his policies and lack of direction have exacerbated things. If he thinks the rebate is going to be a big boost to the economy, he and Congress have another think coming. His original rebate after he took office was used to give the working people a temporary euphoria while he was giving his corporate buddies the big breaks.
American voters are so gullible!