WELL SAID LEE, AND EVERY WORD YOU WROTE IS THE TRUTH. On 10-04, Lee Evans wrote: > I agree that neither candidate can make animal rights/welfare a major > issue in this election and I also agree that the economy is the major > issue that impacts our rescues and other people's companion animals the > most. Then I look at the incumbent and see a man who was trussed up > like a chicken about to go into the rotisserie and I see who did the > trussing up, the Republican Senate. I look at who started the > sub-prime mortgage mess that led to so many people losing their homes > and I see a Republican President allowing banks and stock brokers and > CEO's of investment companies to have free rein to grab the money and > run. I see an ineffectual congress trying to get a fair tax program > wherein people earning over a quarter of a million dollars a year > would pay their fair share of taxes to run the country. Then I see > Republicans putting up road blocks by saying that businesses would have > to shut down if taxes were raised. Who the heck ever mentioned > businesses? The problem is INDIVIDUALS who are rolling in money. I see > Republicans coming in with smoke and mirrors and clouding the issue, > confusing people into thinking that the tax hike would be on > businesses. I see a ridiculous-on-both sides health care plan with > over a thousand pages of gibberish regulations. What's wrong with just > extending Medicare and Medicaid to everyone? What's the problem with > not re-inventing the wheel and adopting the Canadian health care > model? Then my friends tell me that we need a business man with a good > sense of the economy to run the country. And I say, these are the same > people who ran the country off a cliff for 8 years. I don't think I > want them in the drivers seat again. Just my opinion. >
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