Truth or Dare, Election Ramifications Options

[Hellfighter]

As you know I'm not pro-Bush on his foreign policies... now that they've got some political clout, will the Dems now ante up and tell us how their influential input will reset the future course in Iraq? I'm thinking not. What are your solutions?

My idea>>> in 1 year US troops should pull out of Baghdad area- then let the Iraqi security forces get a taste for hardcore pulling of their weight. US troops can then deploy along the borders while Iraqi's get school of hard knocks training in large operations by themselves in that area of Iraq. With victories will come confidence. Iraqi citizens will also be getting what most of them hypothesize- US troops out supposedly means a de-escalation of terrorist attacks. As for secterian violence, I don't think US troops can stay in Iraq forever to police that. Sooner or later Iraqis have to sort that out by themselves alone.

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Let me touch on housing first. Real Estate is at an all-time low this year. There are many many houses on the market that are not being bought. The reason I know this? My Mother is a real-estate Broker and I just bought a house last month. There are soo many to choose from and all sellers are willing to deal big time. Just because someone gives you an estimate on your house and tells you its increased 15%, try to sell it and let me know if you get near it. I bought my house for 25K under asking price. Its a buyers market now and the prices of houses are dropping badly across the country. Yes, there may be some areas that are making out better than others. I can bet these are probably areas that are building up due to retired people that cant afford their current living style that are building new in a cheap area. I dont consider this a positive in the economy, do you?

Lets now discuss taxes. The problem in this country is not that the people are being taxed too high. The problem is how it is being spent. This war in Iraq is killing us. As our national debt gets higher, and the opinion of our country amoung the rest of the world keeps decreasing, so will the dollars that investors around the world were or used to invest in our economy. The biggest icon to me that tells the story is the value of the dollar around the world. If our tax money was spent properly, we should have no problem to keep knocking down the national deficit. This is what is killing our economy in my opinion.

China increasing their price of goods vs. US lowering ours. I am dealing with this on a daily basis. The reason why we have been buying things so cheap in China is because of the many areas of China that are basically still like small villages. These little towns are where most of the items we are buying are being made from. There is no more people making things cheap in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is built up like crazy. People there are making money similar to most in USA now. Their money flow is increasing out to the rest of China now and the price of things being made there are increasing. I am seeing now a huge decrease of items made in China. In my honest opinion, over the next 10 years, there is going to be a huge shift. Things will start being made from other small countries where the pay will still be low such as Africa or Brazil. Then I would like to see what all these people that are arguing about things made in China will start complaining about. Its almost along the lines of people like eating hamburgers, but hate to see cows slaughtered. If we want certain items here, and want to be able to afford them, they must be made by people that have a much lower economy in order to buy them. Who would want to pay usd800.00 for a cell phone, or usd50.00 for a matchbox car for your kid. If you want these items and many many others to be made here, expect to pay a much higher price for them. And dont think that you will make more so you can pay more, because that will not work. Your pay scale can not buy all the necessities of life that are manufactured by people that have the same pay scale as you.


As far as having answers for what the country should do. There is not much I can do about it. If I were to quit My job and run for office, then maybe I could do something about it. As of now, the only thing I can do about it is to voice my opinion on forums like this and hope that my thoughts will effect the thought of others and maybe be spread across many households. Also, I can vote for someone that is actually running for office that shares similar views as mine. There is no individual that is running for an office that has the same opinion on every value I have, but I must decide which is best. There are views of Reps that I like and there are views of Dems that I like, just the same as there are views of both sides that I dont like. I must therefore choose which one is best. I believe the Dems have more ideas and beliefs that I think will be better for our economy. I think no matter which party is in office, our homeland security will be a high priority so that is not a worry to me. The biggest worry I currently have is the way our country's economy is headed.