The Obama Show

I watched the Obama show last night and it was okay. He rehashed everything he has been talking about. Laid out his plans for energy, health care, education, the military, getting America on the right track. What he failed to do was explain how he was going to pay for his plans. So many billion a year for new energy initiatives, higher salaries for teachers, benefits for companies who keep jobs in the country. How does he plan to pay for all of these programs?
The man talks a good game - I just want to see his budget and how red it is going to be.

I agree with what he says needs to done. I just want to make sure we can pay for it with out becoming a province of China.

On another note, as promised, I sent an epistle to my senators and Congressional representative to let them know what I think about the banks paying bonuses.
If you agree with me, please copy the letter, adapt it as you want and send it on to your representatives. A nation gets the government it deserves - I forget what famous individual said that - but they are correct.

As you will see, I have let the gang in D.C. know that it may be time to clean house. If enough of us get together, we just might make it happen.

Power to the People!!

Its Common Sense!

Dear Senator
On the news the other night the special banks - Goldman Sachs etc, - who accepted "bailout" money revealed that they still intended to pay out this year's bonus to their employees. The average bonus for a low level employee is $100,000.00. Who knows how the amount increases as you ascend the hierarchy. Some of the banks claim they set the bonus money aside prior to requesting federal assistance. Maybe all of them did.

If that is the case, if they had what must add up to millions of dollars available to pay these bonuses, why do they need my tax dollars to bail themselves out of a jam?I always believed you paid someone a bonus for a job above and beyond the call of duty. Losing fortunes and heading towards bankruptcy do not seem to be reasons to receive a bonus.There was no job well done - if it wasn't for the American taxpayer a lot of these people would be pounding the pavement.

What protections are in place to assure us taxpayers that our money is not going to be paid out as a bonus (an amount more than both my wife and I earn) to some greedy banker who screwed up?Are the banks going to be forced to use this "bonus reserve" to stabilize their situation before being allowed access to federal funds (my tax dollars) or is Congress going to allow the bonuses to be paid and let the banks continue with "business as usual?"

Senator, we tax payers deserve more than we are getting. We did not create the problem. Poor oversight on your (Congress's)part allowed the greedy banks to create the problem and yet you expect us, not them, to pay for the crisis. Not only are the banks' hierarchy getting away with murder, they are putting us into an enormous debt to China and other foreign countries.

America is falling and it is the lack of leadership in the White House and Congress that has brought us to this terrible time.What specifically is going to be done to insure the banks don't use out money for bonuses?What is being done - specifically - to hold bank management accountable for the situation their greed has caused?

If things don't get better, we taxpayers will need to have our voices heard. This coming Tuesday would be a good time for us to get out and let Washington know our dissatisfaction. Maybe its time to clean out Congress and start over.We deserve service and protection. Thus far Congress and the White House have failed to provide either to the citizens of the country.

Michael Wolfe

TV Campaign

This year's political campaign reaches a new note this evening when Barrack Obama takes a half hour on CBS, NBC (ABC was not mentioned in the list I saw) and several cable networks to drive home his points (Hopefully this will be an informative half hour, not a info-mercial, soap opera or comedy). At least that's what I hope he plans to do and not bore us with a lot of useless information.

I have read the pros's and con's regarding the telecast. My hope is that Obama will now give us some specifics on the plans he wants to enact if elected president. I want to hear his proposals on health care, energy, the economy and the USA's image abroad. I want him to explain how he is going to pay for his programs without going into my pocket and not taking out loans from foreign (China) lenders.

As I have stated, I have not made a decision on who to vote for. Neither candidate has impressed me. Tonight is Obama's night to shine (or crash) and we will watch and listen.

I wish the McCain campaign had the same amount of money to waste on a half hour presentation, but he needs to spend his cash in the undecided states.

Isn't amazing how the pollsters already know how we are all going to vote and how the electoral college is going to line up? I know some of the states have had voting going on for a couple of weeks but I do not trust the early predictions.

Let's wait until all of the electorate have had their opportunity in the ballot box before telling us trends.

Watch Obama this evening and see what he has to say.

Vote out all incumbents next Tuesday!!

Its Common Sense!