who is better for our industry?? and our economy??

keep it civil ppl.

We mostly cater to the wealthy or at least moderatly wealthy. My clients will be uneffected either way. But for the people on the moderate wealthy side I think it will be worse with obama.  If after 4 years of obama everthing isn’t done that he promised will everyone that voted for him say “damn I was wrong” no they’ll blame the other side as usual.  I’ll bet anyone $100.00 that we’re still in Iraq two years to the day he’s elected. I could go on forever but you get the idea. Atleast mccain wants smaller spending from the gov.

I don’t know burton, I kind of like Obama’s style, especially what he thinks about small businesses.

I’m not voting for style, I’m voting for the guy that will waste less of our money. Look at the track records of them both and it’s not hard to figure out who that person is. Obama will never go after more money from big corporations cause then they move over seas or lay people off here. Can you imagine how much money will be spent with a democrat pres, senate and house. It might be good though if he gets elected and things keep going the way they are or get worse. Everbody will have to figure out that the whole gov is screwed up and needs to be fixed and stop blaming everything on bush, he’s only a small part of the problem. I also can’t be for the redistribution of wealth, what’s mine is mine and I shouldn’t be penalized because I strive for more.

burtont62 - 20 October 2008 09:20 AM

I also can’t be for the redistribution of wealth, what’s mine is mine and I shouldn’t be penalized because I strive for more.

As someone who comes from a country where socialism isn’t a dirty word I love the fear Americans have for the phrase ‘redistribution of wealth’. If there’s one underlying issue that ha got most of the world in this current pickle it’s the concept that acquiring wealth is both a right and trumps any moral or ethical constraints.

I nearly wrote a long response on how socialism at some level is essential to putting that dollar in your pocket in the first place - but this isn’t the place for that. Unfortunately the hard truth is that man on the street wants what seems good for him in the short-term and that frankly isn’t always the best thing for the country. If you think of the US as a company, the CEO has some tough love to dispense in the coming years and frankly letting the public decide how to stimulate and improve the economy (lots of cheap crap from china?) isn’t going to help you at least in the long-term. Taking a dollar off you and everyone else and putting it into public works seems more likely to impact the economy now and in the future than letting you decide how best to invest it.

Of course you have the freedom to make a choice on your best judgement and that is probably the most valuable thing any government can offer you.

I agree that cheap crap from china isn’t going to help me but I don’t want some guy that has spent a million dollars for every day he’s been elected to the senate tell me that he’s going to give me a tax break cause it just is not true. They have also taken so many dollars off me I couldn’t count them all, just quit wasting them for special interests and community favors and I’ll be happy. Stop saving all these people that lied to get their homes, let them learn the hard way that they can’t cheat. I play by the rules and I have to help those that don’t, come on now that’s B.S. in any country.

I don’t believe in any form of socialism to be good or healthy for our country. I lived and worked for three years outside of London. It was an experience for which I take great pride, and yet I saw a country of great wealth with issues that could only be contributed to socialism. A beautiful country that should have had an overwhelming amount of economic growth from there own population. But as it stands, the citizens are VAT taxed out of existence to support the social net.  If I were taxed any more, I really wouldn’t be able to make a decent living as custom installer. For this experience is my basis to vote against Obama, not that I support or agree with McCain. It is truly an English experience!

Now this is a hot topic.  Not too surprised that many viewers might steer clear of responding.  I do appreciate the points being made here, I must chime in and briefly state that McCain gets my vote.  Obama’s camp has built a campaign on a brilliant foundation tugging on the nations heart strings - we all want “change” !

Each year that passes seems to give me more and more reason to find faith in God, not people.  Whoever ends up in office, I hope and pray that more people will rely less on our government and more on family values and a work ethic Jesus himself demonstrated.

I better stop there.

Prayerfully,
Morgan