I have always been a registered Democrat, not because they are so much better but because in NYC the democratic primary is usually the real election. George W. Bush managed to make me swear never to vote for the party that brought that posturing nincompoop to power. A triumph of media packaging over substance. Pandering to our fears and cloaking themselves in “National Security” lead to the unconstitutional abomination of the Homeland Security Act.
HOWEVER… the Democrat Party is once again proving that it is the party of self interested amateurs! The health care debacle, the Massachusetts election, the horrid mess in Albany, and oh yes the total disregard for the people who are out of work. The tax code is a joke that is crippling the middle class and keeping the poor poor. Job creation is nonexistent and jobs keep going overseas.
Where is the revision of the tax code to make capital investment here in the USA attractive? If there are no production jobs there is little money to support the service economy. Occasionally you have to make and sell real goods. People who make the goods earn money. This leads to spending and savings. The service economy grows on this not the other way around.After all the consumer has to have money to spend.
Blaming the consumer for bad sales is stupid. You need discretionary income to buy the new stuff. Bills and taxes come first. Then you can visit the mall.
Why are the Democrats waiting for the Republicans to win more governorships, congressional seats, and senatorial races? Self interested amateurs who think pandering to the basest self interests will keep them in office, that’s what they are! Unfortunately we will be the ones on the short end of the stick.