indra
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U2Traveller said:
You know what I meant.
A telepathic siren no less. Wow. I'm really quite good!
U2Traveller said:
You know what I meant.
Lo-Fi said:To be honest, outside of the war on terror the British media doesn't tell you anything at all on what Bush's policies are, as far as the British media is concerned all he's campaigned on is the war on terror.
I assue he has policies on education, health, budget etc etc. But we know none of these. IMHO I was disappointed to see Bush elected again into the White House purely on how he delt with Iraqi and how he seemed to play on the emotions of the American people after 9/11 as a back door into Iraqi to take control of it and it's oil. But overall I can't really comment too much as I don't live in the US, I don't know if he's doing a good job of running the country outside of the war on terror.
As for my opinions on American's, yeah man, you guys are alright by me!
GOP_Catholic said:
The country is not really divided, Clinton never won either election with more than 49% of the vote, and the liberal media was never using this 'divided nation' excuse back in the 90s.
As for the young people at your school voting for Kerry, the young people at your school probably aren't paying any taxes or very very little taxes, so it's smart for them to vote Kerry. If a guy is going to promise a watered-down version of socialism and social programs, it's smart for people that don't pay taxes to support that. Problem is that most voters are taxpayers and have jobs, and don't feel like getting involved in Kerry's social programs which he makes sure he targets at low income minorities.
indra said:
No, you really don't want to be telling people you're from Ohio right now...and I'm from Ohio! Wahhhh!!! (If you must admit to being from Ohio, tell people you're from Yellow Springs -- it's overwhelmingly progressive )
I have noticed that also -- that people from other nations are far more likely to have a decent understanding of US policy than the average US citizen is to have about the policies of anywhere else. And sometimes people from other nations have a better understanding of US policy than do many of our own citizens.
U2Traveller said:
Bullcrap. Our economy is doing just fine and about to get better. I have high hopes. Looks good for small businesses here.
I see it as healthy and rosy and improving.
nicholsfornixon said:
Man, Bush is gold on the other issues. One of the reasons I voted for him was his position on reforming our Social Security system to allow workers to invest a portion of the amount of money that we pay in taxes to fund social security and invest it in low-risk mutual funds, bonds, et cetera. Bush has cut taxes a number of times, which is very popular here. In addition, he has proposed a total overhaul of our tax code. It is quite possible that he may propose scratching our current graduate tax code in favor of a flat income tax. This is also something that is fairly popular among many Americans. Overall, I agree with Bush 100% on economic issues. In fact, his economic policies are probably one of the reasons our unempolyment level is so low in comparison to many European nations.