293-Bern80 There is a reason that Obama made it through the primaries to run against Bush. Because he represents the fast changing face of the US. The republicans are in denial and are digging themselves a big hole. Without major change with this party, there may never be another Ronny in the white house.
I personally don't deny the face of the country changing. It's just not for the better. Look at how we evolve. On a fundamental level humans in their innovations and technology strive to make things easier for themselves. Sometimes for the better, sometimes at our own peril. The point is most people are going to travel the path of least resistance. Everyone also has a tipping point where there level of disagreement for their current life style pushes them to action to change it. Because on so many fronts, things have made so much easier for people as a result simply getting by takes considerably less use of your potential than it once did.
That translates into the political realm for dems quite nicely. Look at Obama. 'I'm going to do this for you and I'm going to do that for you'. And we have lost sight of the role government should play. It isn't their job to babysit you through life. that doesn't do society as a whole any favors. It makes it weaker. And what candidate could possibly get elected on the truth. That if we want this strong society that everyone would surely agree we have, then YOU are going to have to put in the work. Because YOU are the single best solution for changing your position in life. Who really wants to hear that. Of course their gonna vote for the guy that says you shouldn't be burdened with the cost of your health care needs and you should get a 5k from the taxpayers for your next automobile. Frankly I don't wonder why the dems are in power. I wonder why on earth they wouldn't be.
You think the NON WORKING CLASS or the very POOR, are the ones that took advantage of the car deal?
You are WAYYYYYYYYYY WRONG on this one Bern, WAY WRONG!
the car thingy was for the MIDDLE CLASS or the WEALTHY, the poor couldn't qualify for the most part....
The car dealerships here and in florida were reporting that what they were worried about MOST on the clunker thing was whether Credit would be available for the promotion due to the limitation on credit, where only those with excellent credit and income history could or would qualify for the new car loan.
The cars that accepted as clunkards were cars that got less than 18 miles per gallon.
I own a 15 year old clunker that matt and I wanted to trade in so we could take advantage of the deal, but did not qualify because our 15 year old car got 22 miles per gallon.
The cars qualifying were big ass SUV's, big 8 cylander trucks, etc...cars that were fairly expensive in the first place that i doubt the underprivileged even owned unless second hand....and the poor probably would not have qualified for the new car loan with the tightened credit.... imo.
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