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With the economy now spiraling out of control, and knowing my children and grandchildren - and great grandchildren will have to pay for the mistakes the lenders have made by offering loans to anyone that asked over the past few years, Obama has my vote. And here's why - the man just has common sense. He's believable, and regardless of his religion (which is Baptist, not Muslim), or the color of his skin, Obama has more sense in his little finger than Dubya has in his gray matter - and I'm not talking about his hair either.

Budget cuts are necessary. Now that the current government has just pledged $700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to bail out the big boys on Wall Street, there is a huge need for change.



Personally, I'd like to see the end of NAFTA - That's a program that has crippled not only America, but Mexico, as well as having more sweatshirt like businesses operating overseas. What we cannot see, we are blind to, but we must stop and think about what is going on across the globe, not just in our back yard.

We've always imported and exported products, but once the the American companies started moving into Mexico, they simply upped the business there and sent the jobs on to India and China, where they can get away with paying the people less and less, but make them work longer hours. Do you know why we have so many illegal aliens crossing the borders? It's because there is no work in Mexico! Unfortunately, there's not much work left here in the states either. But I digress.

Government spending does need to be cut. This is the proposed 2009 budget. Billions of dollars assigned for so many programs that it just boggles the mind, but the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department is where most of our taxpayer dollars are being spent.

But more than that, rather than hiding in our dens, we as American taxpayers, must insist that corporate welfare come to an end. Corporate businesses need to pay their own taxes. Do you know that when you buy your new car, that you're paying all the taxes that the auto dealer and manufacture is supposed to pay? And that $100 dollar shirt that says "Made in China" on the tag - You're paying for the taxes on exporting the cotton to China, and on the taxes for importing the finished product back into the country. Think about it, and then write to your representatives - demand that they change the laws. America is being run into the ground. We can no longer afford to keep bailing out the corporations that keep screwing us over.

In January, 1993, total public debt was $4,167,872,986,583.67. Shift forward 15 years, and the public debt is now $9,791,569,244,675.95. That's an increase of $5,623,696,258,092.28.

What does your candidate for the Presidential office say about economics? McCain has stated that he doesn't know much about it, but he's insisting on keeping our men and women fighting overseas - costing us billions of dollars every year they are there. Obama wants to work on bringing them home - a smarter choice, I think. Sure, we need to help rebuild Iran, but the new government needs to start taking care of things.

On the issues, here is McCain's views, and this is where Obama stands.